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Thursday, September 1, 2016

How Greedy are the Clintons? Is There Any Limit?

Hillary and Bill Clinton love money.  That has been clear for a long time.  The amazing thing about it is not that they are greedy, rather it is the extent of that greed that is shocking.  Today, it is being reported that Hillary and Bill used taxpayers' money to fund the cost of Hillary's private unsecured email system.  Federal funds were also used to subsidize the Clinton Foundation and to pay salaries of Foundation staff.  The money came from a fund for expenses of former presidents maintained by the federal government.  That fund was established to make certain that former presidents were never left destitute.  It's supposed to go for the cost of answering correspondence and having an office.  No one would ever have suspected that the fund would be used to fund efforts by the wife of an ex-president to hide her records from the federal government itself.  No one would have ever suspected that the fund would be used to subsidize other entities like the Clinton Foundation slush fund or to make payments to friends.

No one seems to know for certain if there is anything criminal about using the federal funds for these purposes, but it really doesn't matter.  The issue is not whether or not Hillary and Bill are embezzlers.  The issue is whether or not Hillary has the judgment we want in a president.  Even if using the funds in this was was legal, it still shows that Hillary has no sensitivity to clear ethical improprieties that she and Bill engage in.

I wonder if the scandals of the Clintons will ever stop.  It certainly doesn't look like they will.

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