JimBowie1958
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In all the discussion about the election, the basic debate core is along the lines of Hillary having government experience (and implying expertise) while Trump is a rude loud mouthed amateur who knows nothing of how to run a government.
But the track records of the two make a totally different statement.
Hillary Clinton is neck deep in cronyism with various foreign corporations and foreign governments who have made huge contributions (over $350 million) to her Foundation and have paid her husband over $60 million in various speaking fees. Though they left the White House, in their own words, penniless, they are both now worth about $45 million.
So lets look at how Hillary works her crony skills into one huge failure; the Haiti relief efforts that have all run over budget and little if anything in that whole fiasco was actually accomplished.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15/us/politics/hillary-clinton-haiti.html?_r=0
Lets take one example from that Haiti rebuilding effort; the VCS Mining gold mine permit.
Clinton run for presidency swept up in Haitian gold permit affair | MINING.com
Lol, they claim that there is no quid pro quo simply because they say so despite the unnecessary involvement of Hillary Rodhams brother in VCS. There is such deep concern about the ability of VCS Mining to mine for gold there, it doesnt mine gold, lol, that the Haitian government has put their permit on hold. So all these jobs are frozen because Haiti's own desperate people are concerned some catastrophic failure could result from the ineptitude of VCS Mining.
And what was Hillary Rodhams brother Anthony's qualifications to be a part of this effort? None, other than he is Hillarys brother. Anthony's career has been spotty as a repo man, prison guard and private detective, but nothing about MINING. But still he and his company got the job as part of a political pay off in the Hillary Clinton wing of the Corporate Crony Network. That is how they roll, friend and they rolled all over the people of Haiti.
So involving the Clintons in the 'recovery effort', that was milked for ever dime that they could squeeze out of the whole fiasco, was almost a guaranteed equation for FAILURE for the desperate people of Haiti.
Meanwhile, lets look at Mr. Businessman Donald Trump. He has been compelled to be successful in his endeavors or else declare bankruptcy, reorganize the debts to minimize the pain to everyone and pull out. This is what businessmen have to do. A long list of Trumps successes can be found here for comparison.
Off that long list of accomplishments in the real world private sector, we have the Wollman Rink success where the city had been trying to build this rink for years, and it had all kinds of cost over runs and was just a mess. There were some who thought ti should just be condemned and bulldozed over and something else built there instead.
Wollman Rink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Now Trump did what any really good businessman would do; he consulted experts, people who have built such places and put in pros who followed the advice of the people Trump consulted. Trump never pretended to be an expert at building skating rinks, but he sought out and found people who were and put them to work even if they had no political connections to him.
This delegation of responsibility and authority to people of proper expertise is typical of how Donald Trump does business, and is completely 180 degrees opposite to what politicians in the corporate crony networks do, like Hillary Pay-to-Play Clinton. This is why if she gets the White House all the perpetual problems that these professional politicians can never solve will still not ever be solved by her. They do not see these problems as something that needs to be fixed, but only as opportunities to reward their followers with government contracts and hiring.
That is why people follow these incompetent corrupt crooks, hoping to ride the gravy train and get their free shit.
Trump will not do that. He will benefit most by fulfilling his promises, building his brand name and having the satisfaction of SERVING HIS COUNTRY. You cant even begin to explain that sort of thing to Democrats any more.
But the track records of the two make a totally different statement.
Hillary Clinton is neck deep in cronyism with various foreign corporations and foreign governments who have made huge contributions (over $350 million) to her Foundation and have paid her husband over $60 million in various speaking fees. Though they left the White House, in their own words, penniless, they are both now worth about $45 million.
So lets look at how Hillary works her crony skills into one huge failure; the Haiti relief efforts that have all run over budget and little if anything in that whole fiasco was actually accomplished.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15/us/politics/hillary-clinton-haiti.html?_r=0
In widely read blogs, in protests in Port-au-Prince and outside Mrs. Clinton’s campaign headquarters in Brooklyn, and on popular call-in radio shows in Florida, where primaries will be held on Tuesday, the Clintons have become prime targets of blame for the country’s woes.
Among the litany of complaints being laid at their feet: Fewer than half the jobs promised at the industrial park, built after 366 farmers were evicted from their lands, have materialized. Many millions of dollars earmarked for relief efforts have yet to be spent. Mrs. Clinton’s brother Tony Rodham has turned up in business ventures on the island, setting off speculation about insider deals.
“A vote for Hillary Clinton means further corruption, further death and destruction for our people,” said Dahoud Andre, a radio show host in New York who has helped organize protests against the Clintons. “It means more Haitians leaving Haiti and not being able to live in our country.”
And now, Michel Martelly, a president whom Mrs. Clinton helped get elected, has turned out to be another in a long line of troubling leaders.
Tony Jeanthenor, 55, a member of the Miami-based Haitian human rights group Veye-Yo as well as Lavalas Family, a Haitian political party, said he was voting for Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont because of the senator’s distaste for involvement in other countries’ affairs.
“Nothing good for Haiti can come out of Hillary because of her past behavior,” Mr. Jeanthenor said.
Now how could hundreds of millions of dollars put to aiding the people of Haiti fail to produce the jobs and infrastructure that the poor people of Haiti need? Well cronyism and incompetence. The Clinton machine does not put to the task the people that can actually get the job done, they put in political favors and patronage networks for their political supporters. The Obama regime has had numerous episodes of a similar nature, so it isnt just Hillary hare, but she is the one now running for President.Among the litany of complaints being laid at their feet: Fewer than half the jobs promised at the industrial park, built after 366 farmers were evicted from their lands, have materialized. Many millions of dollars earmarked for relief efforts have yet to be spent. Mrs. Clinton’s brother Tony Rodham has turned up in business ventures on the island, setting off speculation about insider deals.
“A vote for Hillary Clinton means further corruption, further death and destruction for our people,” said Dahoud Andre, a radio show host in New York who has helped organize protests against the Clintons. “It means more Haitians leaving Haiti and not being able to live in our country.”
And now, Michel Martelly, a president whom Mrs. Clinton helped get elected, has turned out to be another in a long line of troubling leaders.
Tony Jeanthenor, 55, a member of the Miami-based Haitian human rights group Veye-Yo as well as Lavalas Family, a Haitian political party, said he was voting for Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont because of the senator’s distaste for involvement in other countries’ affairs.
“Nothing good for Haiti can come out of Hillary because of her past behavior,” Mr. Jeanthenor said.
Lets take one example from that Haiti rebuilding effort; the VCS Mining gold mine permit.
Clinton run for presidency swept up in Haitian gold permit affair | MINING.com
In a story that suggests cronyism, questionable ethics and a blurring of the lines between charity and profiteering, The Daily Mail reported on Sunday that Clinton's brother, Tony Rodham, sat on the board of VCS Mining when the unlisted, Delaware-based junior was granted a permit to mine gold in Haiti following a massive earthquake on the impoverished island nation in 2010. The permit was the first to be granted in over 50 years, VCS Mining wrote in the press release announcing the awarding of the 5-year exploitation permit.
While Rodham's involvement in the gold project, called Morne Bossa, would normally be of little cause for concern, what has raised eyebrows is the timing of the permit, granted two years after the earthquake that killed over 100,000 people, and the fact that Rodham "was a board member of a North Carolina mining company that enjoyed prime access to Haitian gold deposits in the wake of post-earthquake relief work organized in part by former president Bill Clinton through the Clinton Foundation," according to the Daily Mail. Another VCS board member was Jean-Max Bellerive, noted the Mail, who co-chaired the charitable Interim Haiti Recovery Commission with former US president Bill Clinton.
However the company vigorously defends against the allegation, saying in a press release that Rodham and Bellerive did not become become members of the board of directors until Oct. 27, 2013, almost a year after the final development permit for Morne Bossa was issued.
"We never expected or asked Mr. Rodham for any special treatment and did not receive any. There was no quid pro quo concerning the Clinton Foundation suggested or offered and VCS has not received any financial assistance from any Clinton entity nor has the Company solicited any Clinton entity," the company states.
While Rodham's involvement in the gold project, called Morne Bossa, would normally be of little cause for concern, what has raised eyebrows is the timing of the permit, granted two years after the earthquake that killed over 100,000 people, and the fact that Rodham "was a board member of a North Carolina mining company that enjoyed prime access to Haitian gold deposits in the wake of post-earthquake relief work organized in part by former president Bill Clinton through the Clinton Foundation," according to the Daily Mail. Another VCS board member was Jean-Max Bellerive, noted the Mail, who co-chaired the charitable Interim Haiti Recovery Commission with former US president Bill Clinton.
However the company vigorously defends against the allegation, saying in a press release that Rodham and Bellerive did not become become members of the board of directors until Oct. 27, 2013, almost a year after the final development permit for Morne Bossa was issued.
"We never expected or asked Mr. Rodham for any special treatment and did not receive any. There was no quid pro quo concerning the Clinton Foundation suggested or offered and VCS has not received any financial assistance from any Clinton entity nor has the Company solicited any Clinton entity," the company states.
Lol, they claim that there is no quid pro quo simply because they say so despite the unnecessary involvement of Hillary Rodhams brother in VCS. There is such deep concern about the ability of VCS Mining to mine for gold there, it doesnt mine gold, lol, that the Haitian government has put their permit on hold. So all these jobs are frozen because Haiti's own desperate people are concerned some catastrophic failure could result from the ineptitude of VCS Mining.
And what was Hillary Rodhams brother Anthony's qualifications to be a part of this effort? None, other than he is Hillarys brother. Anthony's career has been spotty as a repo man, prison guard and private detective, but nothing about MINING. But still he and his company got the job as part of a political pay off in the Hillary Clinton wing of the Corporate Crony Network. That is how they roll, friend and they rolled all over the people of Haiti.
So involving the Clintons in the 'recovery effort', that was milked for ever dime that they could squeeze out of the whole fiasco, was almost a guaranteed equation for FAILURE for the desperate people of Haiti.
Meanwhile, lets look at Mr. Businessman Donald Trump. He has been compelled to be successful in his endeavors or else declare bankruptcy, reorganize the debts to minimize the pain to everyone and pull out. This is what businessmen have to do. A long list of Trumps successes can be found here for comparison.
Off that long list of accomplishments in the real world private sector, we have the Wollman Rink success where the city had been trying to build this rink for years, and it had all kinds of cost over runs and was just a mess. There were some who thought ti should just be condemned and bulldozed over and something else built there instead.
Wollman Rink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The rink was closed in 1980 for a proposed two years of renovations at $9.1 million. Six years and $13 million later, after the problem-plagued work was still not completed by the city, Donald Trump persuaded Mayor Ed Koch in 1986 to let him complete the work in four months at $2.5 million in order to have it open by the end of the year.[3][4] Koch initially objected to Trump's proposal when Trump offered to pay for the renovations himself with the stipulation that he be allowed to run the venue and an adjacent restaurant and use the profits to recoup his costs. Public pressure prompted Mayor Koch to reverse his position.[5] The rink reopened to the public on November 13, 1986, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and press conference attended by Koch and Trump, covered by national evening broadcast television news.[6][7] Total cost of renovations by Trump came in under budget at $2.25 million.
Now Trump did what any really good businessman would do; he consulted experts, people who have built such places and put in pros who followed the advice of the people Trump consulted. Trump never pretended to be an expert at building skating rinks, but he sought out and found people who were and put them to work even if they had no political connections to him.
This delegation of responsibility and authority to people of proper expertise is typical of how Donald Trump does business, and is completely 180 degrees opposite to what politicians in the corporate crony networks do, like Hillary Pay-to-Play Clinton. This is why if she gets the White House all the perpetual problems that these professional politicians can never solve will still not ever be solved by her. They do not see these problems as something that needs to be fixed, but only as opportunities to reward their followers with government contracts and hiring.
That is why people follow these incompetent corrupt crooks, hoping to ride the gravy train and get their free shit.
Trump will not do that. He will benefit most by fulfilling his promises, building his brand name and having the satisfaction of SERVING HIS COUNTRY. You cant even begin to explain that sort of thing to Democrats any more.
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