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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (281621)3/26/2006 7:55:09 PM
From: Amy J  Read Replies (4) of 1577168
 
RE: "Former first lady Barbara Bush gave relief money to a hurricane relief fund on the condition that it be spent to buy educational software from her son Neil's company."

Unbelievable.

That's not a donation. That's giving money to your son.

She is not donating money to Katrina effort. She is donating money to her son. She's creating an intentionally huge, huge conflict of interest by forcing the schools to use her funds towards his software package. That's not a donation.

Here's what a donation is:

If Neil wants to donate his software to schools, it needs to come out of Neil's company's pockets, to be legal. Not Bush's pockets.

I am of the impression the IRS would say a donation like this is not legal.

We need the IRS to get tough on this case here.

On a different note, it's amazing Bush would stoop this low as a way to keep her son in the software business. Is this how the really dumb rich get their kids in business? They strongarm and force the schools to use his company's product because of her money? Doesn't her "child" have any pride, self-respect, conscious, or ethics?

To win an account, you work hard and earn it.

Unless you're a Bush, of course. Then you resort to bizarre, unethical tactics.

Regards,
Amy J
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