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JERUSALEM -- Ronald L. Gallatin is a retired attorney, a CPA and a former managing director at Lehman Brothers credited with creating some of Wall Street's most ingenious investment instruments. His wife, Meryl, is a prominent philanthropist in Florida charity circles. But when they visit Israel, they prefer hanging around soup kitchens and drug addict drop-in centers rather than fancy restaurants. Over the past seven years, the Gallatins have given more than $2 million of their own money and raised more than $4 million from friends for a charity they set up "to fill in the cracks" left by ...
Clinton Foundation Reveals Donors
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyBill Clinton's global foundation has released a list of its donors, with four individuals and groups contributing more than $25 million dollars each in the last year. The biggest donors to the former president's private charitable organization were the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Canadian mining magnate Frank Giustra, The Children's Investment Fund and the anti-AIDS group UNITAID. The William J. Clinton Foundation posted the list of its 2009 donors on its Web site. Among those giving between $10 million and $25 million were real estate developer and film producer Steve Bing, ...
White House Rewards Donors With Perks
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyPresident Obama came into office vowing to change the status quo in Washington, but when it comes to rewarding fundraisers, he's behaving no differently than past presidents. Top donors to the Democratic Party have been given "VIP access to the White House, private briefings with administration advisers and invitations to important speeches and town-hall meetings," according to a Washington Times investigation. The White House has hosted several receptions for donors; contributors with the fattest wallets were given access to senior officials. One fundraiser visited the Oval Office on his ...
Is Obama Gaming the Fundraising System?
By Dave - Politics DailyThe GOP believes so and is asking the FEC to investigate why so many small donors have such familiar names: ReutersTwo apparently fictional donors using the names "Doodad Pro" and "Good Will" gave Obama more than $11,000 in increments of $10 and $25, according to Newsweek.Other news accounts suggest that roughly 11,500 donors who gave a total of $34 million to the campaign may be citizens of foreign countries, who are not allowed to contribute to U.S. elections, the RNC said.$34 million is not chump change and this is at least circumstantial evidence that certain donors are getting around ...
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