#VettingHillary- Hillary received massive donation from Walmart heiress

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The more you dig, the more you find.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign finance records show the wealthy Walmart heiress, Alice Walton, donated $353,400 to Clinton’s “Victory Fund.” The six-figure donation contrasts Clinton’s campaign messaging as a workers’ ally. Walmart stands out for its oppressive labor practices and corporate greed behavior. Before that Alice Walton contributed $25,000 to the Ready for Hillary political action committee.

The former first lady and secretary of state has been endorsed by multiple labor unions including Service Employees International Union (SEIU), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and the National Education Association (NEA).

“One of the greatest issues of the coming election for president of the United States and perhaps the most burning issue for progressives in this nation is the involvement of corporate money and how it corrupts the system,” the Daily Kos said in a January article titled "Hillary, Walmart and the Revolving Door.”

Unlike many other elected officials, Clinton has refused to publicly denounce Walmart over the company’s pay scale and anti-union policies. She gave her critics ammunition when campaign treasurer Jose Villarreal attended a fundraiser discussion and dinner hosted by Ivan Zapien, Walmart's vice president of corporate affairs in Mexico. Zapien, who previously served as the company’s top lobbyist in Washington, maxed out in personal contributions to Clinton's campaign last year.

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/alice-walton-donated-353400-clintons-victory-fund

Meanwhile is a place called Hope.

[beachbum bob]

1. good for hillary, good to have rich friends

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4. Ya it's great to align yourself with union busting

and a corporation whose workers are on Gov't welfare on a massive scale due to their low wages.
See, what you say there is exactly what so many of us Bernie supporters are fighting against.
You're a Republican with a D behind their name.

[beachbum bob]

5. well you know...all money comes from someplace

in the end, its what its used for that counts and if we can prevent a trump from being the whitehouse I am all for it....I just don't put litmus test and ideological purity on everything....

[Octafish]

9. It comes for something, too.

The Love for Walmart is Buy Partisan



Important history from 1992 campaign:

Bush Ventures to Clinton Turf, Honors Sam Walton

Republicans: The trip to Arkansas is billed as nonpolitical. The gravely ill Wal-Mart founder is given the Medal of Freedom.

by Douglas Jehl
Los Angeles Times, March 18, 1992

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — On the day Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton emerged as the prohibitive favorite to win the Democratic presidential nomination, President Bush visited the governor's home state on a trip he insisted had nothing to do with politics.

Bush made the journey to present the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to one of its richest men, Sam Walton, the gravely ill 73-year-old founder of Wal-Mart Stores.

SNIP...

Walton, who built the Wal-Mart empire from one store to a $9-billion fortune, now is confined to a wheelchair, and Bush choked up during the ceremony at the company's headquarters in Bentonville as he praised the entrepreneur as an emblem of "America's success."

"I think it's important that all Americans understand that some things are going very, very well in the United States of America," Bush said. "And one of those things is Wal-Mart."

SNIP...

Wal-Mart has retained its Arkansas roots even as it has grown beyond the region. The chain also has links to the Clintons--the governor's wife, Hillary, has a substantial financial stake in the company and serves on its board of directors.

Walton's family has generously supported many of Clinton's past campaigns. This year, Walton has contributed the legal maximum of $1,000 to both Clinton and Bush.

CONTINUED...

http://articles.latimes.com/1992-03-18/news/mn-3841_1_sam-walton

Walmart continued to grow since then, making the heirs of Sam Walton very wealthy. Most everone else in the USA has not done so well.

[Yurovsky]

10. Try explaining your stance to a single mom working split shifts ...

at the local Walmart because that is the only available job in town and welfare was gutted during the first Clinton presidency.

Do you even know what a split shift is? Try struggling to get childcare and transportation for a 3 or 4 hour shift, then having to come back in another 4 hours for another 3-4 hour shift. And often times the schedule is fluid and workers are left scrambling to cover their assigned hours and take care of kids. You should try it sometime. It's the dirty anti-labor shit stain on Hillary's Walmart sponsorship banner.

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13. It isn't a litmus test

You said it all in your reply. You support the biggest union busting corporation in America and their actions.

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12. Thanks for sharing that image.

Love it.

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2. HRC - The 1% Helping The 1%

eom

[Fresh_Start]

3. That is great...I guess Trump is scaring even the Waltons

as well he should.

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6. Uh sure you spin it that way

Meanwhile

In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest retailer waged a major campaign against labor unions seeking to represent store workers.

Clinton has been endorsed for president by more than a dozen unions, according to her campaign Web site, which omits any reference to her role at Wal-Mart in its detailed biography of her.

Wal-Mart's anti-union efforts were headed by one of Clinton's fellow board members, John Tate, a Wal-Mart executive vice president who also served on the board with Clinton for four of her six years.

Tate was fond of repeating, as he did at a managers meeting in 2004 after his retirement, what he said was his favorite phrase, "Labor unions are nothing but blood-sucking parasites living off the productive labor of people who work for a living."

Wal-Mart says Tate's comments "were his own and do not reflect Wal-Mart's views."

But Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and other company officials often recounted how they relied on Tate to lead the company's successful anti-union efforts.

An ABC News analysis of the videotapes of at least four stockholder meetings where Clinton appeared shows she never once rose to defend the role of American labor unions.

The tapes, broadcast this morning on "Good Morning America," were provided to ABC News from the archives of Flagler Productions, a Lenexa, Kan., company hired by Wal-Mart to record its meetings and events.

A former board member told ABCNews.com that he had no recollection of Clinton defending unions during more than 20 board meetings held in private.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/clinton-remained-silent-wal-mart-fought-unions/story?id=4218509

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7. from Wal Mart to Wall Street

and everything in between.

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8. Yup. I wonder if they have a Walmart in Iraq?

I mean she did call Iraq a "business opportunity" after all.

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17. yeah well, I remember a prior visit, 2007?

somebody was standing on the corner across from where the campaign had taken over Fresno High dressed in a grim reaper costume with a sign that said something like
Iranian Wal-Mart
Franchises available
Inquire Within

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11. This Symbolizes The Problem

Greed, pure greed and a lack of conscience and any kind of empathy.....that is the Walton heirs.

They could be like the Costco owners but no.

That is what Bernie is trying to fight and Hillary takes mega bucks from these morally bankrupt heirs.

Feel the Bern!

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14. Yup, Costco is a great example

[CorkySt.Clair]

15. And?

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16. And?

Seriously?

You're joking, right?