Until Harry Truman wrote his memoirs, the ex-president struggled on an Army pension of $112.56 a month. “I could never lend myself to any transaction, however respectable,” he said, “that would commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency.”

So quaint, Packer wrote, observing, “The top of American life has become a very cozy and lucrative place, where the social capital of who you are and who you know brings unimaginable returns.”

The Clintons want to do big worthy things, but they also want to squeeze money from rich people wherever they live on planet Earth, insatiably gobbling up cash for politics and charity and themselves from the same incestuous swirl.

from Maureen Dowd in the New York Times Sunday Review,  Money, Money, Money, Money, MONEY!

HKO

Strong words from Maureen Dowd, who is considered by many on the right to be a Clinton sycophant.  The extent of cronyism in the political sphere has made politicians enormously wealthy as a results of political connections and celebrity.  None do this better than the Clintons.  They continue to surround themselves with associates of dubious ethical character, and enrich themselves and their specially selected associates with the very institutions they champion to help the needy.

A true liberal should be outraged.

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