(This is a nice scam) 96% Of Clinton Donations Went To The Clinton Foundation

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 2:33pm

96% Of Clinton Donations Went To The Clinton Foundation

Moments ago, when we showed the newly released Clinton 2015 tax return, we posted a rhetorical question: "how much of the Clinton charity donations went to the Clinton Foundation? Taking a deduction for contributing to the employer of your daughter and expense payer of your husband is awesome."

We now know the answer: as page 29 of the tax return reveals, of the $1,042,000 in charitable cash contributions, exactly $1 million went to, you guessed it, the Clinton Family Foundation, whose expenses pay among others those Clinton family members and friends employed by the foundation, like Chelsea Clinton who happens to be the foundation's Vice Chair. Is this the ultimate Clinton reacharound?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-12/96-clinton-donations-went-clint...

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Submitted by detroitmechworks on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 2:45pm

Reading it, I'm amazed at how much Bill gets away with...

claiming his home deduction for business use is...

834,512 dollars.

I'd be very interested in seeing the paperwork on that. You know, few receipts, an addendum or two... anything to back that up... Since according to the IRS,

To deduct expenses for business use of the home, you must use part of your home as one of the following:

Exclusively and regularly as your principal place of business for your trade or business;
Exclusively and regularly as a place where you meet and deal with your patients, clients, or customers in the normal course of your trade or business;
A separate structure used exclusively and regularly in connection with your trade or business that is not attached to your home;
On a regular basis for storage of inventory or product samples used in your trade or business of selling products at retail or wholesale;
For rental use; or
As a daycare facility.

Seems to be a bit of double dipping there, considering the "Clinton Foundation". Or are you saying the Clinton Foundation is run out of your home? In which case, how the fuck can you donate to your own home, then claim 80% of the donation as expenses?

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Submitted by WindDancer13 on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 3:25pm

Taxpayers are taking a big hit thanks to

the Former Presidents Act:

Staff and office[edit]
Private office staff and related funding is provided by the Administrator of the General Services Administration. Persons employed under this subsection are selected by and responsible only to the former president for the performance of their duties. Each former president fixes basic rates of compensation for persons employed for him, not exceeding an annualized total of $150,000 for the first 30 months and $96,000 thereafter.[1]

Shouldn't that make taxpayers co-owners of the Clinton Foundation?

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Submitted by detroitmechworks on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 3:28pm

At this point it would be VERY nice...

If the IRS would do their fucking job.

I don't care how we get them at this point. Al Capone technique is FINE with me.

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Submitted by WindDancer13 on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 4:01pm

High expectations considering

we don't have a Congress which does its job or a DOJ or Electoral Commissions or...well, you can just about name any part of the current federal government. Pentagon misplaced how much money?

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Submitted by detroitmechworks on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 4:04pm

Yeah at this point, we'd get a faster response...

if we claimed that Hillary was a African American Teen in Disguise, with a gun, selling pot.

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Submitted by lotlizard on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 7:29pm

Clan Clinton:

superpredators.

Submitted by Damnit Janet on Sat, 08/13/2016 - 11:07am

Government IS the biggest moochers.

Off with their heads. They don't do their actual jobs. Just pawns for the elite.

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Submitted by jwa13 on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 11:06pm

AND in addition

the business owner/operator only is allowed to deduct house costs as a business expense (heat, electricity, water, etc.) on a pro-rata basis, to the extent that the "home office" occupies a part of the dwelling (e.g., if your home office occupies 10 percent of the building floor space, you can deduct 10 percent of the house expenses).

Just how large is the Clenis' ... house, anyways?

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Submitted by Leu2500 on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 3:02pm

The WaPost article

On the tax returns mentioned how much more open the Clintons are than trump.

To which I say: when are we going to see the Goldman transcripts. Still waiting....

Submitted by WindDancer13 on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 3:17pm

Desert Classic Charities...

From Desert Classic Charities, Humana Donate More Than $2 Million To Coachella Valley Community

“Our new partnership with Humana and the Clinton Foundation has made it possible for us to continue making a huge difference in the lives of so many individuals here in the Coachella Valley,” said John Foster, president and CEO of Desert Classic Charities [formerly the Bob Hope Classic], the philanthropic arm of the Humana Challenge.
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Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the nation’s largest publicly traded health and supplemental benefits companies, with approximately 10.2 million medical members, 7.1 million specialty members, and operates more than 300 medical centers and 240 worksite medical facilities. Humana is a full-service benefits and well-being solutions company, offering a wide array of health, pharmacy and supplemental benefit plans for employer groups, government programs and individuals, as well as primary and workplace care through its medical centers and worksite medical facilities.

Now, maybe, people have a clearer idea why single-payer will "Never, ever happen."

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Submitted by fugwb on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 3:29pm

Pretty clear WD13

But, as she said we have to make incremental changes. Translation, the more you give to the clinton foundation the more they'll see to it your incremental wishes come true. Whether it be single payer or the latest war weapon, just ante up.
So in a round about way, all of the clintons charitable donations went to or at least benefited the clinton foundation.

Another $42,000 was donated to the Desert Classic Charities, a nonprofit that organizes the Carebuilder Challenge charity golf tournament with the Clinton Foundation.

Submitted by riverlover on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 4:44pm

IIRC, Humana is out of Obamacare exchanges now.

Their business is too costly!

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Submitted by WindDancer13 on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 5:24pm

It is pulling out of some, not all, next year.

Humana pulling out of many Obamacare markets

It could be linked to this:

The announcement, made in the company's second-quarter earning filings, came shortly after the Justice Department announced it had filed suit to block Aetna's takeover of Humana.

There are currently only 40 companies in the US that provide medical insurance. By further limiting the number of companies providing this "service," they would be in an even better position to call the shots on pricing.

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Submitted by ghotiphaze on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 3:29pm

One word

Al Capone!
They had half as much circumstantial evidence on half the body count for him yet managed to send him to Alcatraz. What they get him on again? I can't remember.

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Submitted by WindDancer13 on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 3:52pm

Tax evasion = )

He failed to pay taxes on illegally gotten gains.

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Submitted by ghotiphaze on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 4:15pm

Never really understood that.

If they could prove the income was obtained illegally, wouldn't they have convicted on the illegal acts?

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Submitted by WindDancer13 on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 4:25pm

The FBI focused on Capone's spending which was far greater

than claimed income rather than the illegal acts that they weren't quite able to pin on him.

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Submitted by terriertribe on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 4:46pm

IRS doesn't care

Legal or illegal it doesn't matter as long as you pay up.

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Submitted by MsGrin on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 5:13pm

EDIT: I'm wrong about two foundations

It seems to be that they took all the first names off the foundation and it's now just Clinton Foundation full stop.

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Submitted by Leu2500 on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 4:11pm

I thought the family foundation

Had been renamed the bill, Hillary & Chelsea foundation. And that the cgi was some spin off of it.

Submitted by Writerinres on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 4:46pm

CGI

The Clinton Global Initiative was the prototype, when Hill was Sec. Of State. Probably chosen because it had a legitimate ring to it. Then, the foundation name was changed to the Clinton Family Foundation. Guess that's when Chelsea came aboard. Whatever the beast is called, it's the most successful slush fund in creation and its corrupt beneficiaries will be co-presidents for the next eight years, then eight years of President Chelsea. Email correspondence will be run off a private server in the White House basement.

Submitted by dervish on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 4:27pm

Laws and taxes are for "little people" n/t

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Submitted by Writerinres on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 4:37pm

Austerity and Obama no wanna

Thanks to austerity measures by Republicans and Obama, the IRS is just getting by on a skeleton staff after rounds and rounds of layoffs. They tend to go after small potato "tax cheats" anyway, because big cheats like the Clintons lawyer up to the max and intimidate, delay, and obfuscate forever.
Also, Obama is Hill's best bud, ordering the very obliging Loretta Lynch to shut down three FBI field office requests to investigate the Clinton Family (slush fund) Foundation. So, She WILL not be indicted. Now where did I hear that before?

Submitted by Nailbanger on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 4:54pm

Is it better to have your fortune in a bank or a foundation?

The clintons have what, 150million in the bank? After that, why would they even want the money in their own name. At some point money loses its value to your lifestyle and becomes a tool or weapon. At that point, as Bill Gates surely knows, its better to have it inside a tax free haven. Gates is on a crusade to destroy public education, and behind the veil of his foundation it can even look charitable.
The foundation can pay for your travel, car, cell phone, etc etc. the foundation can hire your staff, assistants and the like. It can employ your children. It can also be used to make deals, especially for people in the Clinton's circles. It can be a great way to launder bribes.....
If the Clinton Foundation was instead Clinton Corp, would the pay to play emails be a bigger story? Would sharing employees with State have been allowed?

Submitted by lotlizard on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 7:42pm

At least Trump's ventures involved actual real estate projects

The Clintons and their "foundation" seem to do nothing but peddle influence wholesale.

Submitted by jwa13 on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 11:14pm

Hey, LotLi --

gotta look at the ROI (Return on Investment) --

Every "large political contributor" is a "venture capitalist" these days -- put out the capital, get the appropriate ROI.

(... or was that "vulture capitalist"? I forget ...)

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Submitted by HenryAWallace on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 11:23pm

Typical Clinton

Things sound good at first blush, but, lift up the corner of the rock just a teensy and...

Now I really have to laugh at the 9.6 %. Good ole Hillary, who felt obliged to announce "I'm a Christian" while running in a primary against a Jew, couldn't manage to get to the biblical requirement of 10%, even giving to her own charity?

Submitted by truehawk on Sat, 08/13/2016 - 2:08am

So she reduces her taxes by donating to the Family Business

Wow, Just Wow. She is in effect donating to herself. And Trump is narcissistic?