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So about that money Obama took for a speech.....

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Obama announces $2M donation to Chicago summer jobs programs | TheHill

I see your $400,000 from Wall Street and raise you $2 million to create jobs in Chicago.

Just like most of the money that the Clinton's made on their speeches a huge chunk of it is going right back out the door to positive charities that attempt to do a lot of good in the world. If you have a problem with either Obama or Clinton for this then the real problem is with you.
 
Obama announces $2M donation to Chicago summer jobs programs | TheHill

I see your $400,000 from Wall Street and raise you $2 million to create jobs in Chicago.

Just like most of the money that the Clinton's made on their speeches a huge chunk of it is going right back out the door to positive charities that attempt to do a lot of good in the world. If you have a problem with either Obama or Clinton for this then the real problem is with you.

Show me where Hillary's money from speeches went to charities and I'll agree.
 
Show me where Hillary's money from speeches went to charities and I'll agree.

You do realize that the Clinton Foundation provided AIDS medication for 3/4 of the worlds children that are stricken with the disease right?
 
Obama announces $2M donation to Chicago summer jobs programs | TheHill

I see your $400,000 from Wall Street and raise you $2 million to create jobs in Chicago.

Just like most of the money that the Clinton's made on their speeches a huge chunk of it is going right back out the door to positive charities that attempt to do a lot of good in the world. If you have a problem with either Obama or Clinton for this then the real problem is with you.

Looks like Obama is trying to save face.
 
You do realize that the Clinton Foundation provided AIDS medication for 3/4 of the worlds children that are stricken with the disease right?

Okay, good. But Hillary received 1.8 million from Goldman Sachs for three speeches. Did she give that 1.8 million to her foundation or other charity or did she pocket it? Pocket some and give some or what?

From what I understand and I could be wrong, she didn't donate that Goldman Sachs money.
 
You do realize that the Clinton Foundation provided AIDS medication for 3/4 of the worlds children that are stricken with the disease right?

So you are saying she gave all her speech money to the Foundation?
 
Obama announces $2M donation to Chicago summer jobs programs | TheHill

I see your $400,000 from Wall Street and raise you $2 million to create jobs in Chicago.

Just like most of the money that the Clinton's made on their speeches a huge chunk of it is going right back out the door to positive charities that attempt to do a lot of good in the world. If you have a problem with either Obama or Clinton for this then the real problem is with you.

Obama making a 2mil tax write-off. He's getting that money back. Looks like the DNC is distributing their talking points memo's now. When all else fails they'll be sure to pivot back to "The Russians"
 
Obama making a 2mil tax write-off. He's getting that money back. Looks like the DNC is distributing their talking points memo's now. When all else fails they'll be sure to pivot back to "The Russians"

I get the feeling you don't know what a tax "write off" is.
 
I get the feeling you don't know what a tax "write off" is.
Yawn. He made a 2 million dollar charity deduction to lower his taxable income. I don't really have interest in playing "tax terms and finances: technical edition" with an Obama apologist.
 
Yawn. He made a 2 million dollar charity deduction to lower his taxable income. I don't really have interest in playing "tax terms and finances: technical edition" with an Obama apologist.

Not an apologist. Didn't even vote for the guy.
 
Looks like Obama is trying to save face.

400 K for a speech seems to be the going rate- donated 2 M for a jobs program
Next he does not need the money as he received 60 Mil for a book deal.
Lastly- He is a great speaker.
I recall watching this live and knew he was going places. Never thought as President in a few years
 
Yawn. He made a 2 million dollar charity deduction to lower his taxable income. I don't really have interest in playing "tax terms and finances: technical edition" with an Obama apologist.

He is not an apologist - and numbers being numbers- regardless, after tax deductions and all are figured in, some real money left their hands and went to that charity.
You probably think that running a business at a loss is great due to tax write-offs.
 
You do realize that the Clinton Foundation provided AIDS medication for 3/4 of the worlds children that are stricken with the disease right?

What? So 75% of ALL the children in the entire world who have HIV/AIDS receives AIDS medication from the Clinton Foundation?

And I am not buying that for a millisecond. Unless they end up giving one penny or a nickel to each child...which is almost nothing but a nice gesture.

You are going to have to provide a link to back that one up.
 
You do realize that the Clinton Foundation provided AIDS medication for 3/4 of the worlds children that are stricken with the disease right?

And even if this is true...it still means Bill Clinton is a scumbag for letting all those Rwandans get hacked to death back in 1994.

A UN report stated that not only did the Clinton Administration know EXACTLY what was happening in Rwanda - but they deliberately got other countries to pull their troops out of the situation.
Apparently the mess he made in Mogadishu had left him gun shy about getting involved again in an African problem.

https://www.peoplespunditdaily.com/...ly-aware-of-rwandan-genocide-and-did-nothing/

At least he - sort -of - admitted it.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100546207

Bill Clinton is a piece of excrement to me because of that....possibly even accessory to genocide. Standing back and doing nothing while someone is murdered makes you - in many jurisdictions - guilty of accessory to murder.
 
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He is not an apologist - and numbers being numbers- regardless, after tax deductions and all are figured in, some real money left their hands and went to that charity.
You probably think that running a business at a loss is great due to tax write-offs.

I have a lot more respect for a person who operates a business at a loss than somebody who makes a big show regarding their donation of 2 million dollars to make up for bad publicity. Ironic since the only people who actually cared about that speech to the big banks were liberals in the first place.
 
Show me where Hillary's money from speeches went to charities and I'll agree.

Okay, good. But Hillary received 1.8 million from Goldman Sachs for three speeches. Did she give that 1.8 million to her foundation or other charity or did she pocket it? Pocket some and give some or what?

From what I understand and I could be wrong, she didn't donate that Goldman Sachs money.

Hillary can't quite boast that she paid out more than she took in, unlike Obama.... but the Clinton's surely tithed.

For those that know how to read a tax return....
https://m.hrc.onl/secretary/10-docu...linton_2015_Form_1040_with_Signature_Page.pdf

Show us where Trump even gave a nickel to charity that did not benefit him...
 
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Looks like Obama is trying to save face.

And listed below is all of Trump's charitable donations.

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And listed below is all of Trump's charitable donations.

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Has nothing to do with this thread troll
 
And listed below is all of Trump's charitable donations.

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And listed below is all of Trump's charitable donations.

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Had to amend that.
 
Has nothing to do with this thread troll

Also has nothing to do with conservatives being upset over Obama getting paid. It's a free market, if someone wants to pay him $400,00 for a speech, that's a market transaction.
 
Lastly- He is a great speaker.
I recall watching this live and knew he was going places. Never thought as President in a few years

After I saw that speech (live), I began telling people he might be the next president. People I said that to in 2005 were amazed when it happened, especially those in Kenya.
 
Obama announces $2M donation to Chicago summer jobs programs | TheHill

I see your $400,000 from Wall Street and raise you $2 million to create jobs in Chicago.

Just like most of the money that the Clinton's made on their speeches a huge chunk of it is going right back out the door to positive charities that attempt to do a lot of good in the world. If you have a problem with either Obama or Clinton for this then the real problem is with you.

Hmm....

Guess the few liberals who had a problem with it (salon.com?) and the conservatives who called all liberals hypocrites because of it (quite a few DP posters) jumped the gun.
 
Looks like Obama is trying to save face.

Or maybe he's just a decent guy. That ever cross your mind?



Anywho, I hope you aren't a subject of my post immediately prior.....
 
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