Question for Fellow Bernie Supporters

[99th_Monkey]

Is this an issue worth raising in the Primary?

I honestly have feel mixed about it, because these donations are -- after all -- to the Clinton Foundation, not to Hillary's 2015/6 Primary campaign. On the other hand, it does seem to point to her 'coziness' with the mega-corporate world of high finance, military-industrial connections, big pharma, Monsanto, and the M$M. Also, there is some overlap with her list campaign donors (the ones we know about that aren't 'dark money').

My question is: is this a fair issue to raise? Re: that while serving as SoS, the Clinton Foundation was receiving these donations, while at the same time many of these same corporations were lobbying her State Dept. for 'favors'.

I would appreciate knowing your thoughts on pros/cons of this being an issue that is fair to raise in the Primary. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

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Top 100 Entities funding the Clinton Foundation
By Mark Wachtler * August 5, 2015 * Whiteout Press

August 5, 2015. New York. (ONN) Hillary Clinton has seen her poll numbers plunge in recent weeks. The causes include accusations of secret arms trafficking, support of brutal dictatorships, destruction of evidence, and governing in secret while heading the Obama State Department. But according to rank and file Democratic voters, the biggest reason for their dislike of the Party’s heir apparent is her Foundation’s receipt of nearly $2 billion in payments from the world’s wealthiest entities.

Selling influence
While millions of Americans ‘march against Monsanto’, Hillary Clinton is one of the most ardent supporters of the notorious purveyor of genetically modified foods. While Americans ‘occupy Wall Street’, Hillary Clinton has already earned the verbal endorsement of Goldman Sachs. And as Americans fight the destructive effects of corporate monopolies and outsourcing, two of the country’s most hated corporations coincidentally happen to be the two largest donors to the Clinton Foundation.

According to an investigation by the Washington Examiner, Hillary Clinton and her family were raking in tens of millions of dollars from multi-national corporations at the same time they were officially lobbying her and the US State Dept. In fact, a full 65 percent of the Fortune 100 corporations that gave Hillary Clinton and her Foundation money during her tenure as Secretary of State were simultaneously lobbying her and the State Dept for favors.

Naming names (MIC, Big Pharma, WallSt., Monsanto & Main$tream Media (the ones I know of) are in bold)
Who are these corporations? As compiled by Natural News, below are the top 100 corporations, dictatorships, unions and other entities that funneled money to the Clinton Foundation and also officially lobbied Hillary Clinton as the head of the State Department (from Natural News):

*The Clinton Foundation refuses to disclose exact donation amounts and instead only releases ranges.

Microsoft/Gates Foundation - $26,000,000 - (not disclosed)
Walmart/Walton Foundation - $2,250,000 - $10,500,000
Coca-Cola - $5,000,000 - $10,000,000
State of Qatar and its entities - $1,375,000 - $5,800,000
Goldman Sachs - $1,250,000 - $5,500,000
Dow Chemical - $1,025,000 - $5,050,000
Pfizer - $1,010,000 - $5,025,000
Duke Energy - $1,002,000 - $5,010,000
ExxonMobil - $1,001,000 - $5,005,000
Alliance for a Green Revolution - $1,000,000 - $5,000,000
Hewlett-Packard - $1,000,000 - $5,000,000
Nima Taghavi - $1,000,000 - $5,000,000
NRG Energy - $1,000,000 - $5,000,000
Open Society Institute - $1,000,000 - $5,000,000
Procter & Gamble - $1,000,000 - $5,000,000
Boeing - $1,000,000 - $5,000,000
OCP - $1,000,000 - $5,000,000
Nike - $512,000 - $1,035,000
Google - $511,000 - $1,030,000
Daimler - $510,000 - $1,025,000
Monsanto - $501,250 - $1,006,000
Arizona State University - $500,000 - $1,000,000
Chevron - $500,000 - $1,000,000
General Electric - $500,000 - $1,000,000
Morgan Stanley - $360,000 - $775,000
Intel - $252,000 - $510,000
Noble Energy - $250,000 - $500,000
Sony - $175,000 - $400,000
AstraZeneca - $150,000 - $350,000
Bloomberg Philanthropies - $150,000 - $350,000
Salesforce.com - $125,000 - $300,000
Verizon - $118,000 - $300,000
Yahoo - $125,000 - $300,000
Lockheed Martin - $111,000 - $280,000
Qualcomm - $103,000 - $265,000
TIAA-CREF - $103,000 - $265,000
JP Morgan - $102,000 - $260,000
Accenture - $100,000 - $250,000
American Cancer Society - $100,000 - $250,000
Applied Materials - $100,000 - $250,000
CH2M Hill - $100,000 - $250,000
Corning - $100,000 - $250,000
FedEx - $100,000 - $250,000
Gap - $100,000 - $250,000
Gilead - $100,000 - $250,000
Hess Corporation - $100,000 - $250,000
Humanity United - $100,000 - $250,000
Hyundai - $100,000 - $250,000
IBEW - $100,000 - $250,000
Johnson Controls - $100,000 - $250,000
Lions Clubs International - $100,000 - $250,000
Mylan - $100,000 - $250,000
Pepsi - $100,000 - $250,000
Sanofi-Aventis - $100,000 - $250,000
Starwood Hotels - $100,000 - $250,000
US Pharma Convention - $100,000 - $250,000
UPS - $100,000 - $250,000
Washington University - $100,000 - $250,000
Time/Warner - $75,000 - $150,000
Hunt Alternatives - $60,000 - $125,000
Ericsson - $51,000 - $105,000
Abbott Laboratories - $50,000 - $100,000
Anadarko - $50,000 - $100,000
BT Group - $50,000 - $100,000
Discovery Communications - $50,000 - $100,000
Earth Networks - $50,000 - $100,000
Feed the Children - $50,000 - $100,000
General Motors - $50,000 - $100,000
Hilton - $50,000 - $100,000
Marriott - $50,000 - $100,000
NextEra Energy - $50,000 - $100,000
NOUR USA - $50,000 - $100,000
Novozymes - $50,000 - $100,000
Oceana - $50,000 - $100,000
Starbucks - $50,000 - $100,000
Teck Resources - $50,000 - $100,000
American Institute of Architects - $50,000 - $100,000
Nature Conservancy - $50,000 - $100,000
Trilogy International Partners - $50,000 - $100,000
Unilever - $50,000 - $100,000
World Vision - $50,000 - $100,000
S.C. Johnson & Son - $50,000 - $100,000
Motorola - $35,000 - $75,000
Enel - $35,000 - $75,000
JCPenney - $27,000 - $60,000
Target - $27,000 - $60,000
Novartis - $26,000 - $55,000
Prudential - $26,000 - $55,000
3M - $25,000 - $50,000
AAR - $25,000 - $50,000
AFL-CIO - $25,000 - $50,000
APCO Worldwide - $25,000 - $50,000
AREVA - $25,000 - $50,000
Bayer - $20,000 - $50,000
Capstone Turbine - $25,000 - $50,000
Cemex - $25,000 - $50,000
CHF International - $25,000 - $50,000
Eli Lilly - $25,000 - $50,000
Georgetown University - $25,000 - $50,000
HBO - $25,000 - $50,000

http://www.whiteoutpress.com/articles/2015/q3/top-100-entities-funding-clinton-foundation/

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. Perfectly fair as far as I'm concerned.

The companies might not have had specific quid-pro-quo's in mind when they gave the money, but they could certainly expect that giving large chunks of cash to the Foundation might put the Secretary in a more open mood in general to whatever they might ask of her, either then, or after she might ascend to higher office still. We've become so corrupt of a nation that pols don't even think twice about this sort of thing, which is pretty sad.

Now whether Bernie would hit her with this is another matter. And I think he might be too much of a gentleman to bring it up directly.

[Pastiche423]

2. Good god, yes!

Income inequality is the number one issue Bernie is campaigning on.

The differences between the two are astronomical.

[SoapBox]

3. That "foundation", her, speaking fees, Willie and whatever he's always doing...

I say they are all intertwined and rotten to the core.

That's also a big chunk of my distrust with her and him.

I don't want either one of them near the White House ever again.

[kath]

4. I'm with the others here - perfectly fair.

And I agree with SoapBox's "I don't want either one of them near the White House ever again."

[GoneFishin]

5. I understand your mixed feelings, but it does have a sort of stink to it. The funny business

with the squirrelly dollar figures is classic Hillary, non-answer answers.

What kind of Mickey Mouse obfuscation bullshit is this?

State of Qatar and its entities - $1,375,000 - $5,800,000
Goldman Sachs - $1,250,000 - $5,500,000
Dow Chemical - $1,025,000 - $5,050,000
Pfizer - $1,010,000 - $5,025,000
Duke Energy - $1,002,000 - $5,010,000
ExxonMobil - $1,001,000 - $5,005,000

[Robbins]

6. The clinton foundation

has been called a slush fund by some.that isn't me saying it.

remember the scandal quickly forgotten of some donating to foundation so Clinton as SOS would help get them arms sold to them?

some of these companys aren't exactly in Charity business.indivual wealthy people give to charitys.but,we are talking about
corproations giving to Foundation.

[wilsonbooks]

7. You'd better believe that

the republican candidate will be bringing it up if hillary wins the nomination.

[ejbr]

10. +1 n/t

[nc4bo]

17. +2. HRC folks best collaborate on those talking points now

Because if she ever gets that nomination, the GOP will be setting firest fires with Her Royal Slickness.

If it looks awful to us now it will become a Wes Craven nightmare in a GE.

I'd hate to have to constantly carry the endless janitorial supplies her supporters will NEED for the constant clean ups.

I say it's fair game and I'll say it again, I think HRC is a flawed and compromised candidate.

[99th_Monkey]

22. That was one of my thoughts too, that It will be GE material for RW

Maybe that's why Bill 'encouraged' Trump to run, because he's probably even
more corrupt .. the old lesser of evils thing.

[jalan48]

8. It seems like a form of trickle down economics to me.

Instead of taxing these big corporations we rely on their "donations' to help deal with problems. I assume the donations are tax deductible as well.

[hopemountain]

15. while working from a health advocacy nonprofit

we discussed this very dilemma when the major tobacco, alcohol, and other funny money entities offered donations.

[ejbr]

9. Sigh

Will you please stop bashing her?!

[Pharaoh]

11. yes!

It's a huge conflict of interest.

And whether she would admit it or not, it does sway you.

[Chef Eric]

12. It could be an issue. Clinton's relationship with Boeing seems questionable.

http://www.ibtimes.com/clinton-foundation-donors-got-weapons-deals-hillary-clintons-state-department-1934187

http://freebeacon.com/politics/clinton-foundation-donor-boeing-wont-turn-over-hillary-emails/

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/05/hillary-clinton-foundation-state-arms-deals

[mdbl]

13. That list looks like a who's who in political bribery

I resent the fact that i spent money at some of these companies only to have them turn around and throw it down a political money hole.

[McKim]

14. Turn it Around and See if it Passes the Sniff Test

It the Sanders family had a foundation and they went around giving speeches about their charity work, would the public want to know
who donated? Yes, the public has a right to know just what are the values of the person we would propose to elect. Also, what does the Clinton Foundation do? Do they do a lot of good things? Do they help the bottom half of the 99% and marginalized people?
The public would like to know.

[Paka]

16. It should be shouted from the rooftops.

She's in this for herself, not the good of the country.

[99th_Monkey]

18. Thank you to all that responded to this OP .. I appreciate reading your thoughts. -nt-

[Bernblu]

19. Yes, it is an issue. I don't think Bernie will bring it up directly. But it stinks to high heaven,

especially the story involving the Russian uranium deal approved by the State department and Bill Clinton getting 500K to speak to a Russian investment bank. Though there is no evidence of a quid quo pro it stinks on the face of it. If Clinton is the nominee I can see Republican super pacs running ads 24-7 on this and other deals to drive down Clinton's turnout. it's going to get very ugly.

[Duppers]

20. K & R +1000

[Enthusiast]

21. It is especially relevant considering Hillary's remarks on Single Payer.

[99th_Monkey]

23. I suspect many of these corps are also wanting the TPP passed. -nt-

[Enthusiast]

24. No doubt.