CLINTON CASH is an astonishing book and I'm only sorry I didn't read it before the 2016 Presidential election. Author Peter Schweizer documents well how the Clinton Foundation, particularly as headed by Bill Clinton while his wife Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, evolved into an enormous mixer of money and power. Bill habitually gave speeches for which he was paid half a million dollars or more. (Generally, the more private the event, the bigger the honorarium.) Bill and friends developed quite a talent for hooking up investors who were heavy donors to the Foundation, helping them arrange permission to operate (frequently, mine precious metals) in less regulated, more corrupt countries such as much of Central Africa and Central Asia. It is astonishing -- if not downright jaw-dropping -- how often Bill and Hillary wound up simultaneously in the same or contiguous developing countries halfway around the world. And while the Clinton Foundation has undoubtedly given to many worthy causes, and instigated not a few, it has also been known to fall flat in environments like post-hurricane Haiti which one would not expect to pose so many challenges.
I do realize that author Peter Schweizer has been criticized for his connection to Breitbart publishing, but to harp on that is no more useful than saying, "So's your old man." My feeling is that CLINTON CASH is a book that very much needs to be read. If you don't cringe a little upon hearing the term "public-private partnership," you will after reading this book. I consider it essential to an understanding of how money and power collude in the 21st Century. Now, what can be done in the way of reform, I confess I don't know. But when people who profess a desire to do good wind up doing astonishingly well for themselves and their generous friends, we all need to take notice and not stop asking questions.
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