2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Did Bernie's wife commit a felony when she secured a loan for Burlington College? [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Compare that to Jane's severance pay at Burlington College where she worked from 2004-2011.
Why was Hillary paid so much for speeches? Were those payments really bribes? Was there something underhanded going on?
Anyone can pose these questions. After all, one can argue that Goldman Sachs where Hillary delivered one of her high-priced speeches received favors from Bill Clinton (as did other Wall Street players with the signing of the repeal of Glass-Steagall).
My point is that the gottcha game can be played by anyone against anyone.
The claims about Jane Sanders are really very low.
She is probably bound by a confidentiality agreement not to discuss the matter.
Bill Clinton, on the other hand, could discuss his favors for Wall Street. But he won't.
The Telecommunications Act anyone? Favors. Favors. Favors.
We need a constitutional amendment that gets corporate and wealthy donors' money out of our elections. It would be difficult to write one that still protects freedom of speech, but we have to do that.