Is Corruption OK if Money is Donated to Charity?

[Anonymous]

What corruption specifically? All you have is "many people are saying." Again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, I've read the emails that are described as "influence peddling" and I struggle to understand how a forum based on DC and presumably mostly made up of folks living in DC can have so many people who don't understand that's just how things work.

This guy knows that guy, and this person's on our board and recommends this kid for an internship, or that person for a job. Have you never needed to deal with political realities, if you think this is some sort of giant scandal?

No. It's not a big scandal. But that's a big part of the problem. It should be a huge scandal and those who participate, left, right or anywhere else, should be tarred and feathered. Then flayed. If this is an ok state of affairs for you, then you are a big part of the problem.

PP here - I'm not seeing corruption. I'm seeing people who know other people and make a phone call on their behalf. I refuse to believe that this doesn't happen absolutely everywhere, because it has happened absolutely everywhere I've ever worked, political or nonpolitical jobs, private and public sectors. Have you never recommended that a former colleague's resume get a special look? That's what this is, just at a very high level because they are very high level people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, I've read the emails that are described as "influence peddling" and I struggle to understand how a forum based on DC and presumably mostly made up of folks living in DC can have so many people who don't understand that's just how things work.

This guy knows that guy, and this person's on our board and recommends this kid for an internship, or that person for a job. Have you never needed to deal with political realities, if you think this is some sort of giant scandal?

No. It's not a big scandal. But that's a big part of the problem. It should be a huge scandal and those who participate, left, right or anywhere else, should be tarred and feathered. Then flayed. If this is an ok state of affairs for you, then you are a big part of the problem.

PP here - I'm not seeing corruption. I'm seeing people who know other people and make a phone call on their behalf. I refuse to believe that this doesn't happen absolutely everywhere, because it has happened absolutely everywhere I've ever worked, political or nonpolitical jobs, private and public sectors. Have you never recommended that a former colleague's resume get a special look? That's what this is, just at a very high level because they are very high level people.

This doesn't sound like a scandal to me, either. I assume this kind of thing goes on all the time in politics, as well as in business, private school and college admission, etc.

[Anonymous]

To bring it down to a more commonplace level, let's say that I am working in the government and awarding contracts to a certain provider, and he in exchange makes a million dollar donation to the charity of my choosing.

Is that what the evidence shows? Did Hillary Clinton or her office award a contract to a certain provider or company, in exchange for money donated to the Clinton Foundation?

Post a link to the document that says who and what. I'm interested to see it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

To bring it down to a more commonplace level, let's say that I am working in the government and awarding contracts to a certain provider, and he in exchange makes a million dollar donation to the charity of my choosing.

Is that what the evidence shows? Did Hillary Clinton or her office award a contract to a certain provider or company, in exchange for money donated to the Clinton Foundation?

Post a link to the document that says who and what. I'm interested to see it.

NP. I think the thing is that we don't know yet what the evidence will show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

To bring it down to a more commonplace level, let's say that I am working in the government and awarding contracts to a certain provider, and he in exchange makes a million dollar donation to the charity of my choosing.

Is that what the evidence shows? Did Hillary Clinton or her office award a contract to a certain provider or company, in exchange for money donated to the Clinton Foundation?

Post a link to the document that says who and what. I'm interested to see it.

In exchange for speaking fees to her spouse to certain organizations, and "many of the organizations had federal contracts." (In addition, I thought one of the conditions of Hillary's appointment to Sec of State was that she would have a sharp line between State business and CF business. Then why was her chief of staff involved with staffing decisions at CF? That's yet another conflict-of-interest.)

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-04-22/heres-who-paid-hillary-clinton-22-million-in-speaking-fees