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by: Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Apr 24, '16 3:00pm  
In addition to the Clinton Foundation, she's being paid huge amounts for "speeches" that have business with the federal government!Firms that paid for Clinton speeches have federal interests
 
 
By Stephen Braun ASSOCIATED PRESS
 
 
  
WASHINGTON — It’s not just Wall Street banks.
 
  
Most companies and groups that paid
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to speak between 2013
and 2015 have lobbied federal agencies in recent years, and more than
one-third are government contractors, a review has found. Their
interests are sprawling and would
 

follow Clinton to the White House should she win election this fall.
 
  
     The review of federal records,
regulatory filings and correspondence showed that almost all the 82
corporations, trade associations and other groups that paid for or
sponsored Clinton’s speeches have actively sought to sway the government
— lobbying, bidding for contracts, commenting on federal policy and in
some cases contacting
 

State Department officials or Clinton herself during her tenure as secretary of state.
 
  
     Presidents are not generally bound
by many of the ethics and conflict-of-interest regulations that apply to
unelected executive branch officials, although they are subject to laws
covering related conduct, such as bribery and illegal gratuities.
Clinton’s 94 paid appearances over two years on the speech circuit
 

leave her open to scrutiny over
decisions she would make in the White House or influence that might
affect the interests of her speech sponsors.
 
  
     Rival presidential candidate Sen.
Bernie Sanders and Republican critics have mocked Clinton over her
closed-door talks to banks and investment firms, saying she is too
closely aligned with Wall Street to curb its abuses. Sanders said in a
speech in New
 

York that Clinton earned an average of about $225,000 for each speech and goaded her for declining to release transcripts.
 
  
     “If somebody gets paid $225,000 for a
speech, it must be an unbelievably extraordinary speech,” Sanders said
at an outdoor rally at Washington Square Park last week in advance of
the New York primary. “I kind of think if that $225,000 speech was so
extraordinary, she should
 

release the transcripts and share it with all of us.”
 
  
     Clinton said again Thursday that she
will release transcripts of her paid speeches to private groups or
companies when other political candidates do the same. She compared such
disclosures to the long-standing practice of politicians being expected
to release their income tax returns, which she did far earlier and more
thoroughly than Sanders.
 
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Jeff1928 Active Indicator LED Icon 2
~ 7 years ago   Apr 24, '16 3:14pm  
Trumps new nickname "Crooked Hillary" is spot on.
 
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~ 7 years ago   Apr 24, '16 3:41pm  
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foxymama Active Indicator LED Icon 14
~ 7 years ago   Apr 24, '16 4:33pm  
Fallon the ignorant vote for her and those that will benefit monetarily.   4951
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donnatella Active Indicator LED Icon 13 Forum Moderator
~ 7 years ago   Apr 24, '16 4:36pm  
I would vote for Satan himself over her.  I can't, sincerely, can't understand anyone going to vote for her.  
 
@Fallon: The same crowd that votes for Nobama just to put the first black president in office. They want to put the first female in office regardless of anything else. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Apr 24, '16 8:31pm  
Agree Fallon...
 
Hillary will turn out to be a greater liability for the democrats than any potential republican nominee. These are "happy days" for her and she will be visible proof the old saying that nothing lasts forever will always be accurate. Just wait and see.
 
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~ 7 years ago   Apr 24, '16 9:20pm  

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>> I would vote for Satan himself over her.  I can't, sincerely, can't understand anyone going to vote for her.  
 
@Fallon: The same crowd that votes for Nobama just to put the first black president in office. They want to put the first female in office regardless of anything else.
 
@donnatella: I like the quote last week:"Voting for HRC because she is female is like eating a dog turd because it looks like a Tootsie Roll."
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~ 7 years ago   Apr 24, '16 10:56pm  

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>> I would vote for Satan himself over her.  I can't, sincerely, can't understand anyone going to vote for her.  
 
@Fallon: The same crowd that votes for Nobama just to put the first black president in office. They want to put the first female in office regardless of anything else.
 
@donnatella: Gosh-I've been wanting to say that but as a white male it didn't hold water-but you hit the nail on the head beside the dems that will vote for a dem no matter how bad/criminal he/she is.
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~ 7 years ago   Apr 25, '16 7:30am  
I highly question if she even gave most of the speeches, probably just a technicality since there is no evidence of the actual speeches. All these speeches and I have yet to see any videos of her or Bill.  4951
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Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Apr 25, '16 11:10am  
I highly question if she even gave most of the speeches, probably just a technicality since there is no evidence of the actual speeches. All these speeches and I have yet to see any videos of her or Bill. 
 
@beastmode: Actually, many of the "speeches" were closed door meetings with executives of a company.
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~ 7 years ago   Apr 25, '16 11:18am  

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>> I highly question if she even gave most of the speeches, probably just a technicality since there is no evidence of the actual speeches. All these speeches and I have yet to see any videos of her or Bill. 
 
@beastmode: Actually, many of the "speeches" were closed door meetings with executives of a company.
 
@Retired_Engineer: Some executive meetings I've attended should have paid most of us that kind of money. I'm sure you've been in some of those as well.
 
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~ 7 years ago   Apr 25, '16 11:43am  

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>> I highly question if she even gave most of the speeches, probably just a technicality since there is no evidence of the actual speeches. All these speeches and I have yet to see any videos of her or Bill. 
 
@beastmode: Actually, many of the "speeches" were closed door meetings with executives of a company.
 
@Retired_Engineer: Some executive meetings I've attended should have paid most of us that kind of money. I'm sure you've been in some of those as well.
 
 
@Safety44:  Oh yes indeed.My company seemed to value high-priced consultants more than its own employees.  One Refinery Manager couldn't understand why we weren't running all of our units at full capacity all the time.  So he hired a very expensive "problem solving" consultant and called a one day meeting with all engineering staff and our production and economics staff.  The RM was looking for someone to blame.   Within a few hours, the consultant got to the point of understanding that the market drove the production of certain petroleum products.  If we ran all units at max capacity, we would have to sell several petroleum products at a substantial loss.  Since we do not control the market, the consultant agreed that our production and economics staff was doing the right thing in managing production needs.  The RM called for a break and asked to speak to the consultant.  At the end of the break, an RM flunky came in and told us the meeting was over and for us to go back to work.  The consultant was apparently asked to leave by the RM.  That was probably $10K thrown away.If the RM had simply asked the group, almost every one of us could have explained the exact same reasoning.
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~ 7 years ago   Apr 25, '16 12:14pm  
These companies and countries did not want speeches. They wanted favors. To get the favor you have to buy a $100 stick of gum. That sort of thing. Again, closed door, no record of the events, no evidence of her delivering the chewing gum or her husband in most instances. Only record is the exchange of the $100's into their accounts and uncommon good fortune happening to these companies and countries after the money transfer. Total scam and a severe ethical violation, using your Government position or former position for this stuff.    4951
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~ 7 years ago   Apr 25, '16 12:42pm  
These companies and countries did not want speeches. They wanted favors. To get the favor you have to buy a $100 stick of gum. That sort of thing. Again, closed door, no record of the events, no evidence of her delivering the chewing gum or her husband in most instances. Only record is the exchange of the $100's into their accounts and uncommon good fortune happening to these companies and countries after the money transfer. Total scam and a severe ethical violation, using your Government position or former position for this stuff.   
 
@beastmode: Nothing is different than corporate policies in this matter. I refused becoming a partner of the company i worked for several years in a row.
A partnership required a $40,000 investment on the part of the new partner, but it guaranteed a Vice President position and a very substantial salary increase.
After several offers / refusals, the company finally offered an additional $40,000 bonus if I accepted.
On principle alone, I said Thank You but No Thank You,
I stayed on until health reasons made me retire. Then I went back as a consultant and got the really big salary increase.
Retired Engineer, you understand that companies and politics are run basically the same way. Right?
Sorry
 
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Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Apr 25, '16 1:36pm  

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>> These companies and countries did not want speeches. They wanted favors. To get the favor you have to buy a $100 stick of gum. That sort of thing. Again, closed door, no record of the events, no evidence of her delivering the chewing gum or her husband in most instances. Only record is the exchange of the $100's into their accounts and uncommon good fortune happening to these companies and countries after the money transfer. Total scam and a severe ethical violation, using your Government position or former position for this stuff.   
 
@beastmode: Nothing is different than corporate policies in this matter. I refused becoming a partner of the company i worked for several years in a row.
A partnership required a $40,000 investment on the part of the new partner, but it guaranteed a Vice President position and a very substantial salary increase.
After several offers / refusals, the company finally offered an additional $40,000 bonus if I accepted.
On principle alone, I said Thank You but No Thank You,
I stayed on until health reasons made me retire. Then I went back as a consultant and got the really big salary increase.
Retired Engineer, you understand that companies and politics are run basically the same way. Right?
Sorry
 
 
@Safety44: I didn't want to believe that and closed my eyes to it for many years.  However, during 30 years with the same company, I couldn't help but see what was actually happening.  I don't know about all companies, but I tend to agree that most are as corrupt as our government.
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~ 7 years ago   Apr 25, '16 1:58pm  
Hillary Clinton is as Corrupt and Dishonest as she is Narcissist and lacking in any type of Character whatsoever....  You know when Hillary Clinton's lying? ....When she opens her mouth.....
 
 
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