Why doesn't the Clinton Foundation deal with poverty in rural Arkansas?

[Ken Burch]

Or anywhere else in the rural South?

A lot of the poverty in those areas is pretty much at Third World levels.

This is a Bill question, not a HRC question.

[msongs]

1. not a HRC question lolololol. ok nt

[Ken Burch]

3. I posted this OP here to separate it from presidential politics.

What does it tell us that Bill's foundation supposedly cares about poverty in other countries(it actually hasn't done much of anything to help the poor in Haiti, either) but not here?

[LanternWaste]

13. It tells us you're not at all familiar with the program's reach.

"What does it tell us that Bill's foundation supposedly cares about poverty in other countries..."

It tells us you're not at all familiar with the program's reach.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

2. I'm not familiar with the work the Clinton Foundation does,

but one foundation can't deal with poverty in every place that it exists. I'm sure they have a lot of money, but they still have limitations.

[pnwmom]

4. Why don't you ask the foundation how they set their priorities?

I'm sure they would tell you.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. I don't agree with you that they don't do such work. They do.

Read up on the US, since that's all you care about
https://www.clintonfoundation.org/our-work/by-region/united-states


To be brutally honest with you Ken, none of you who praise the Pope have even the slightest wiggle room to take issue with the Clinton Foundation. You do not want me to start in on statistics about the orphans and the dead. You really don't.

[librechik]

9. thx for the link, Blue!

glad to read this

[DFW]

6. I don't know, but I would suspect a couple of things

Comparing poverty in India with that in Arkansas is probably one reason.

Second, you can only help out in a place where the local government would welcome you, acknowledging they have problems. Southern States tend to have Republican governors and administrations. The last thing they would do is admit that their precious all-powerful deity has given them a raw deal, that the blessed Republicans can't/won't do anything about it, or that the likes of Bill Clinton might care about their people more than their Republican governor. Headlines saying "Bill Clinton wants to help where our Republican governor says he can't" are not something that Republican governors are eager to see in the local or national press. So I'm sure the Clinton foundation would be told by Hutchinson to get lost the moment they offer any help to Arkansas.

[Lee-Lee]

7. I have to disagree here. Local government can't block anti-poverty efforts and isn't required to do

many of the things needed.

Sure, maybe some school districts would refuse funds- but I question how many would turn down help.

But you can do so much without need for government. The better churches prove that every day. You can do education outside the schools if they won't let you in to include tutoring and after-school programs, build homes, repair and winterize homes, stimulate small business startups, provide legal aid, give college scholarships and stipends, provide reproductive health care, provide drug and alcohol counseling and treatment... So much that can be done that doesn't require local or state government buy-in that can affect poverty.

[DFW]

8. I don't think it's so much a question of blocking an effort.

I think it's more a question of being welcomed in the first place.

[Lee-Lee]

10. They are doing work in places like Afghanistan

I don't think your local government here will be a less welcoming environment than work in countries where people are registry killed for such things as daring to teach girls to read.

[calguy]

11. Poor folks in Arkansas vote for their poverty

I live here and I see the way they think and vote. They'll complain about everything under the sun, but always vote for the republicans who keep them poor.
Go Figure.

[Starry Messenger]

12. Um, because they do?

They've also partnered with the AFL-CIO on investment in green jobs. http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Other-News/Why-Bill-Clinton-Came-to-Talk-Windows-at-the-AFL-CIO