[–] madhatter67 ago
The reason I'm asking is I'd seen similar figures to the ones bandied about in the following subverse before:
https://voat.co/v/politics/2001627
It really would be good if you point me to the source of your figures, just to clear up the obvious discrepancy
[–] madhatter67 ago
Interesting....would love if you could share a link to some figures for this....I've not really ever seen a breakdown of where the CF money goes
[–] madhatter67 ago
Okay....so I looked on the CF website and found what you are saying is true....on the CF tax return 2015, £225 millions spent on programs, £29 million on administration.....
Of course, that doesn't tell us how much on what programs...that's the key information that I've not seen anywhere and would be very interested in, should clear everything up, and stop all this questioning of poor Hillary's philanphropic motivation
[–] Are_we_sure ago (edited ago)
That's because Peter Schweizer is a liar.
Peter Schweitzer was part of fake good government charity set up by Steve Bannon and Robert Mercer (both of Team Trump) and was paid to write two books one to take out Jeb Bush (that everyone forgot about) and one to take out Hillary Clinton that people still quote everywhere. The big lies that came out of the Clinton book and since were the Clintons were taking money from the Clinton Foundation which was not spending money on charity and that Clinton by herself approved a uranium deal. When the book was launched, Schweitzer had to admit to Fox News he had no proof of wrongdoing in the uranium deal, he just had a timeline and had not quid pro quo.
In fact the timeline was completed screwed up. The guy closest to the Clintons had already sold his share of the uranium company three years BEFORE the deal and 18 months BEFORE Clinton became Secretary of State. Clinton didn't have veto power over this deal like the liar claimed. It was approved by a multagency group called CFIUS headed by the Treasury Department not State. State's representative on CFIUS board said Clinton never intervened on any CFIUS matter. The sale was approved because it posed no threat to US National Security. In fact, the company being sold was a Canadian company that did not have a license to export uranium from the US. Any uranium they mined had to be sold WITHIN the US.
As for the Charity Spending lie, what they quoted as charitable giving was only GRANTS to other charities. A lot of charities do that. They raise money and grant all the money to a charity doing the work. The Clinton Foundation does not do that. They do the work themselves. They have employees on the ground in Africa and the Central America and in the US.
You can check the fact check websites for either of those claims above.
I get my numbers from CharityNavigator.com which evaluates charities, but you can also find it on the Clinton foundation websiite. Here's the big ticket line items, you can then find out what each of these initiatives is doing.
https://www.clintonfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2015_ar_2015financials_upd.pdf