Sometimes, I’m a little slow on the uptake. But fortunately, I most often wake up. Which is why I’m going back to a subject of the past few days: The New York Times finding fault with Bill Clinton’s foundation.
Originally, on Wednesday, when a lengthy Times article dug deeply into the foundation’s financial practices, questioning them in detail, I concluded that the staunchly left-leaning newspaper had decided to finally face facts, admitting a favorite son might indeed have some significant flaws.
I further took that as a sign that Hillary too might have some problems in her upcoming presidential run, if this bastion of support was no longer a reliable aide-de-camp.
Then yesterday, on his organization’s website, Bill posted his lengthy explanation of how foundation accounting rules work. Justifying what might appear to be misappropriation or misuse of funds as simply effects of legitimate financial practice which will prove itself out in the end. And in that way, not only firmly asserting nothing illegal had been done, but highlighting again many of the foundation’s successful efforts on behalf of its various beneficiaries.
And, that’s when a light went on in my, brain, an alarm rang and I woke up. Because it finally occurred to me, although I haven’t a shred of proof, that this whole scenario might be an orchestrated set-up from the start.
By getting any potentially troublesome aspects of the foundation, or its financial matters, into the open now, three years ahead of the next presidential election, and putting the issue behind them, the Clinton’s have one less hurdle to deal with down the road. And what better ally could they choose to help them but the revered New York Times?
So, although its still quite early in the game regarding the next election campaign, as a strategy for dealing with potential problems it certainly seems clever to me. And despite the fact that once in office, neither Clinton ever accomplishes much, if anything, as pure politicians they’re as slick as they come.
And, speaking of pure politics, another item got my attention today.
FoxNews.com/politics notes that: “The Obama administration is announcing the release of $67 million in federal funds for individuals and groups such as Planned Parenthood to help Americans navigate ObamaCare.”
On Thursday, Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services Secretary stated that $13 million more than an amount originally set aside, “will go to so-called “navigators” to help people “make sense” of coverage options and "go shopping" for coverage plans under the president’s new heath care law.”
Fox further reported that: “The money is going to 105 grantees in the 34 states that will have federally funded market places in which Americans can buy insurance starting Oct. 1”
So, here we are in a nation that’s broke, almost $17 trillion in debt, and the administration takes another $67 million of tax-payer’s bucks to sign them up for an ill-conceived program that doesn’t work now and never will.
However, what’s even worse is that so few in the population even know that this abomination of legislation even exists. And that to me demonstrates clearly that it’s likely there isn’t any hope of undoing this new tax. Because the opposition holding offices are apparently just like the incumbent, doing nothing but talk, and talk and talk, and talk, while the new health care tax just moves on.
That’s it for today folks.
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