Say What You Will About Bill Clinton
But his ability to raise money is second to none.
But if Bill Clinton raises and makes money in 2009 the way he has in recent years, it will be at a blistering pace. He started his William J. Clinton Foundation in 1997 to fund the construction of his presidential library in Little Rock, Ark. But the organization has since expanded to encompass an umbrella of nonprofit initiatives to fight HIV, assist developing countries and combat climate change. Donations have increased exponentially. He has accepted hundreds of millions in donations to date; tax records for 2005, the most recent available, show Clinton raised more than $80 million for his foundation in that year alone.
It’s nice to see him getting this money privately instead of using the state.
October 11th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Wow! Maybe we should value intelligence in those we elect president. I’d be willing to bet any sort of money that GW will never be as good of a post-president as Bill Clinton. Simple difference - Bill is smart. GW is stupid.
October 12th, 2007 at 12:07 am
“Bill is smart. GW is stupid.”
… Ha - a good sense judgement! Steve will be pleased. Now, who’s making a meta-argument out of this???
SPEAK THE TRUTH, guys, that’s just so refreshing.
October 12th, 2007 at 12:16 am
Lol. You bet.
October 12th, 2007 at 9:26 am
I sometimes allow my love for bill to get in the way of rational thought. He had me at hello.
October 12th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Steve, I thik you’d really love the charity work Bill is doing right now- basically, he’s created a foundation that tries to create buyer’s clubs and get guaranteed commitments on purchases for public-good markets- such as AIDS drugs to Africa, etc. Basically he’s working on the idea that big companies could profitably do good things for poor countries, if the risk involved with trying to sell to poor countries with poor infrastructure weren;t so high. He’s also convincing banks to fund infrastructure-building projects by issuing loans against the future profits those infrastructures will produce. It’s exactly what your argument for private charity SHOULD have been.