2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI believe Sec. Clinton can deliver on Russell Simmons' endorsement price
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1415708
Apparently, as a condition of his endorsement, Simmons wants a promise end to factory farming and Bernie said no. Since he gave his endorsement to Sec. Clinton, it would seem that she has promised and I want to say that this time, I firmly believe that if anyone can deliver it is Sec. Clinton. Her proven knowledge and experience with the market for that industry "helped them to buy a home, to invest in securities and real estate and eventually to provide a nest egg for their young daughter". So I can't imagine that any other candidate in the race is even remotely as qualified as she.
It was a truly remarkable display of business acumen and analytic insight. I'm glad Simmons has raised this issue and I look forward to hearing the plan by the Secretary to transition to alternative sources of protein.
Published: March 18, 1994
WASHINGTON, March 17 Starting just before Bill Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas, Hillary Rodham Clinton made about $100,000 in one year in the commodities market with the help and advice of a friend who was the top lawyer for one of the state's most powerful and heavily regulated companies.
The investments, made in a commodities trading account that was opened three weeks before Mr. Clinton was elected Governor in 1978, substantially altered the finances of the Clintons. At the time, Mr. Clinton was Attorney General. He and his wife were rising stars in Little Rock whose salaries were modest by the standards of their peers.
The proceeds helped them to buy a home, to invest in securities and real estate and eventually to provide a nest egg for their young daughter, according to the couple's associates and a review of the family's financial records. Tyson's Fortunes
But the trades, which came to light during a two-month examination of the Clintons' finances by The New York Times, also left them in the position of having relied significantly on the help of one of the state's premier powerbrokers, James B. Blair, a Clinton confidant who at the time was the primary outside lawyer for Tyson Foods Inc., of Springdale, Ark., the nation's biggest poultry company.
During Mr. Clinton's tenure in Arkansas, Tyson benefited from a variety of state actions, including $9 million in government loans, the placement of company executives on important state boards and favorable decisions on environmental issues...
riversedge
(70,299 posts)by Clinton?? Or are you making an ASSumption?
.... Since he gave his endorsement to Sec. Clinton, it would seem that she has promised and I want to say that this time,
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)BERNIE CAN FLY????!!!!111
Suck on that, Hillary!
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)That should be helpful.
BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)didn't do her husband any favors with this "revelation" ....
DhhD
(4,695 posts)the production of food farming to feed people in need and to feed animals that then provide food.
https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0SO8wXi09pWmMAAMa5XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEwaDZzZnZoBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNxc3MtcXJ3?fr=sfp&ei=UTF-8&p=Bill+Clinton+finds+rice+too+expensive+for+the+Haiti+Earthquake+relief&fr2=12642
http://www.coha.org/haiti-research-file-neoliberalism%E2%80%99s-heavy-hand-on-haiti%E2%80%99s-vulnerable-agricultural-economy-the-american-rice-scandal/
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Did President Clinton and other recent White House tenants condemn Haiti to a future of endemic poverty through a self-serving U.S. rice export policy? An examination of Haitis economic liberalization strategies of the 1980s and 1990s indicates that the answer in part is yes.
more at site link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/11/haiti-earthquake-funds_n_1200229.html
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At the time of publication, President Bill Clinton, the UN Special Envoy to Haiti and the co-chair of overseeing the nations re-construction for the last two years, hasn't responded to repeated requests by GlobalPost regarding specific aid and cash donation figures.
more at link
Clinton set up the privatization and commodities of the farm back in the 1990s and it was very evident in Bush era Farm Bills:
http://www.agritrade.org/Publications/PolicyFocus/Farm_Bill_5_white_commodities.pdf
Clinton's appearing to jump Left again (and again and again), using Simmons to promote their agenda. Bill Clinton needs to clean up his own mess instead of using Sanders, the farmers and price of rice, and Simmons, to do it for him them. How many people have starved to death over the modernization/privatization of rice?
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)and the tpp, which will result in the prioritization of profit and will increase animal suffering by orders of magnitude.
honestly, trump would be better on this issue than hillary with his opposition of tpp and probably wants to end subsidies to big ag.
DhhD
(4,695 posts)DhhD (4,285 posts)
87. It is a set up so the Clinton's can move Left by apologizing for their Privatization and
Modernization Activities of the 1980s and 1990s. Remember how the Clinton's worked with the Republicans in the 1990 to modernize, privatize and commodify food? Thankfully, they have not commodified water and air; unless allowing the dirty fuel industries to drain the fresh ground water aquifers qualifies.
http://www.allgov.com/news/unusual-news/8-policy-decisions-bill-clinton-now-regrets-150721?news=857012
http://www.agritrade.org/Publications/PolicyFocus/Farm_Bill_5_white_commodities.pdf
Clinton is using Simmons to set up another, Left of Bernie scheme. The Clinton's think that they can erase 35 years of Privatization of their own profit. Clinton's found out that the food commodity that Bill created and voted for, and endorsed though, like the Farm Bill of 2007, was not what was best for people even though it was good for his back pocketbook.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)i mean, a clinton being a political opportunist?
pish posh
oh, and air and water will be next. i am waiting for her to team up with nestle.....
DhhD
(4,695 posts)all failures of the economy can be placed with the apologizers, Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Bernie did not take the food farming bait. Bernie did not take the how big should government be, question, by ABC Corporate News Anchor, at a Debate, either. Bernie minds the business of the People, not the corporate fascist empire that Hill and Bill represent.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)His Rush card financial services has been getting massive complaints and just this week the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released the report, next day Russ is out there phoning and endorsing but I'm sure the two things are entirely unrelated and it is really all about farming practices. That makes much more sense.....