Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
So you disagree that Hill has not gotten richer off her lies and scandals?No she has, look at her wealth. She was dead broke before entering the whitehouse. I would trust s pre millionaire or billionaire who made their money off the free market then a backwater socialist who says they are public servants while increasing their wealth off their dirty politics.
If you deny this you deny reality and the history of the Clintons.
That has not been what Shakya and I have been discussing.
However I don't think there's evidence that she has gotten rich off illicit means. Her and Bill have definitely leveraged their position to make money, however a lot of politicians make money off of giving speeches (just remember the Newt Gingrich controversy a couple years ago) or writing books when they are out of office, and a former president can bring in very high fees, so it is not that hard to get rich once you were president.
Generally campaign finance needs to be reformed regardless, and it gives undue access to politicians, and I find it distasteful, and really I view it as legalized corruption. Hillary Clinton is not the odd one out with that, all politicians, whether they are Democrats or Republicans take money for their campaigns and it gives access to the larger donors.