What is it with poltiicians of the 'left' and money?

Clinton and Goldman: Why It Matters

Simon Head

Nor are these the only indications of the Clintons’ continued close ties to Goldman. After the $650,000 he received from Goldman in 2004–2005 Bill Clinton received another $600,000 from the bank between 2006 and 2014, including $200,000 in 2011 at a time when the bank was lobbying Hillary Clinton’s State Department for changes in the Budget Control Act. The final bill included the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, which helped finance a company in which Goldman was a part-owner. In 2011 the Clinton Foundation decided to leave its Harlem offices on West 125th Street in Manhattan, and moved downtown to a Goldman building on Water Street. Three years later, in May 2014, when the Clintons convened their leading donors to discuss the foundation’s future plans, they chose Goldman’s corporate headquarters in Lower Manhattan as the venue. In her current campaign for president, Hillary Clinton has hired Gary Gensler, a former Goldman banker and former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as her chief financial office

Over in the UK, the Blairs (staunch allies of the Clintons) as rerported recently in the Daily Mail have been feathering their very sizable property 

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By ANTHONY JOSEPH and MARTIN ROBINSON FOR MAILONLINEPUBLISHED: 10:42, 11 November 2015 | UPDATED: 22:59, 11 November 20

How the Blairs have built up a £25m property empire snapping up seven houses and 27 apartments across the UK

• Blairs' company now boasts a total of 34 homes worth around £25million 
• The latest purchase in Stockport takes flat tally up to 27 plus 7 houses  
• Prices range from £5.75m mansion to £75,000 one-bed flat in Stockport 
• Tony Blair's own decision to live in London led to revolt from neighbours

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The Blairs' sizeable property empire is still growing after Cherie and son Euan snapped up a cut-price flat taking their portfolio to 34 homes worth £25million, it was revealed today.

Instead of buying another London townhouse or a rural mansion the former Prime Minister's family have negotiated a deal for three £75,000 one-bed homes in Stockport, Greater Manchester.

Residents of the block say they are surprised the Blairs have bought them because the development backs on to a 'rough estate' and allegedly has a leaky roof.

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Jewel in the crown: The Blairs paid £5.75m for this now £8m Grade 1-listed 17th century manor near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire that used to belong to Sir John Gielgud

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3313450/Cherie-Euan-buy-cut-price-flat-Blairs-built-25million-property-empire-snapping-seven-houses-25-flats-UK.html#ixzz45lzbCYsP
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