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OnyxCollie

(9,958 posts)
5. "...to have as a goal to improve the quality of life of Haitians, is not an evil goal..."
Mon Aug 19, 2013, 03:59 PM
Aug 2013

Did you actually read what I wrote?

While the Clinton Foundation appears to have altruistic goals, behind the scenes the Hillary Clinton-led State Department, acting on behalf of Hanes and Levi-Strauss, put pressure on the Haitian government to keep wages at near-slave labor levels. Isn't that nice?

The Clinton's are neoliberal assholes; do not be mislead.

Spawned from the concept of the charitable trust, the foundation is what Friedmann (1957) characterizes as “the most important modern institution in the field of group power” (p. 157). A chiefly American invention, the foundation is a permanent charitable institution that provides a tax shelter to donors, primarily heads of corporate empires (Friedmann, 1957). The foundation accomplishes this in multiple ways: through gifts exempt from gift taxes, which are then allowed to be deducted from income; through bequests deductible from estate taxes; and through the exemption of the foundation itself from income tax, property tax, and other taxes (Friedmann, 1957). The foundation allows for large sums of wealth to be diverted from tax collection, while simultaneously awarding control, credibility, and a perception of social responsibility (Friedmann, 1957).
Right Wing smears the Clintons [View all] MindMover Aug 2013 OP
Smears for Fears... SummerSnow Aug 2013 #1
There are good reasons to smear the Clinton's. OnyxCollie Aug 2013 #2
If your argument is that Haitian workers should get a minimum wage or MindMover Aug 2013 #4
"...to have as a goal to improve the quality of life of Haitians, is not an evil goal..." OnyxCollie Aug 2013 #5
Your choice of a Friedmann quote is interesting to say the least ... I would prefer Keynes MindMover Aug 2013 #8
W.G. Friedmann, not Milton Friedman. OnyxCollie Aug 2013 #9
You must have studied his works well because you quote him often without clarity to MindMover Aug 2013 #11
Yawn. OnyxCollie Aug 2013 #12
Libertarians .... just another word for Pollyanna ism MindMover Aug 2013 #13
Neoliberal slave labor. OnyxCollie Aug 2013 #14
Let us agree that 62 or 31 cents an hr is not YOUR ideal wage .... MindMover Aug 2013 #15
You're cool with 31 cents an hour? OnyxCollie Aug 2013 #16
LMAO ... again you are not paying attention because you are so filled with your MindMover Aug 2013 #17
The Haitian economy is not the US economy. OnyxCollie Aug 2013 #18
So your alternative is to what ....?????...maybe your alternative is to do what MindMover Aug 2013 #19
I wouldn't hold my breath for a correction davidpdx Aug 2013 #3
Blah Blah Blah what else is new bigdarryl Aug 2013 #6
The NY Times's article is being quoted by RW sites and talk radio. Beacool Aug 2013 #7
dowd refuation big_dog Aug 2013 #10
MoDo is obsessed with the Clintons. Beacool Aug 2013 #20
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