on just about anything, rumor has it that Soros, independent of anything to do with Clark, is shocked by what is happening in America. He has avoided the Am. political scene for the most part. The money is for issue ads...not Clark ads. That does not negate the possibility that money will not flow to Clark if he should run.
Soros was introduced to Clark by Richard Holbrooke, who is very close to the General, and they have stayed in touch; it's one of those braniac things. Soros may love making money, but he can be quite liberal. From articles I've read, he seems to have a disconnect between his no-holes-barred approach to capitalism, and his championing of very, very, liberal causes. In this case, the two sides of Soros may actually dovetail; you can't make money in bushco's FUBAR world.
Soros Pledges $10 Million to Help Defeat Bush
BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund investor and philanthropist George Soros this week pledged to donate $10 million to a political action group working to defeat President Bush in next year's election.
Soros, whose $11.5 billion Soros Fund Management is one of the world's biggest hedge funds, has long been critical of Bush administration policies and pledged his personal money to a new political action committee named America Coming Together, his spokesman said.
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http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-RTO-roptz&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20030808%2F161786265.htm&sc=roptz&photoid=20030609NYET180George Soros Tries To Save The World From Global Capitalism Wired/1998
In 30 years' time, the world may know George Soros not as the speculator who made US$1 billion betting against an overvalued British pound in 1992, but as the philanthropist who spent far more than that trying to save Russia and build the "open society" - one that accepts the fallibility of its own premises and so remains open to meaningful change.
Soros founded what's now known as the Open Society Institute in 1979. i Initially, he funded dissident groups in the Eastern bloc, and, after the Berlin Wall came down, poured millions more into the former Communist republics. His foundations in the US and in democratic Europe, meanwhile, have funded, among other projects, needle-exchange programs, legal aid for the poor, and studies of the impact of corporate ownership on newspapers.
Having made billions from free-flowing international capital, Soros has nevertheless become one of global capitalism's most perceptive critics. Since capital can easily escape countries with high taxes or strong regulations, a state's ability to take care of its citizens can, he says, be severely handicapped by globalization. "The development of a global society has lagged behind the growth of a global economy," he says. "Unless the gap is closed, the global capitalist system will not survive."
Soros on EU
According to George Soros, civil society organisations also have a key role to play in monitoring and evaluating governmental human rights and rule of law policies. "Critique is what keeps a democracy honest and open to improvement," he said.
Drug legalization/2002
Serving two masters
Open Society, a revised edition of his earlier The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered, is its own contradiction. After presenting a devastating critique of capitalism sure to beguile progressives and infuriate market fundamentalists, it concludes that global capitalism is the best of all possible worlds and sets forth a program of "reforms" that on close reading are little more than a call to give yet more money and power to the stewards of global capitalism—the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Bank.
There are three reasons to read Open Society. The first is for the penetrating Soros critique of capitalism. The second is for insights into the limited worldview of those who live in the world of high finance. The third is to understand why we must be skeptical of the public pretensions of persons of means who profess to serve two masters.
Wingnut take
George Soros’ Social Agenda for America Printer Friendly Email a FriendDrug Legalization, Euthanasia, Immigrant Entitlements and Feminism
by Neil Hrab
Summary:
The February issue of Foundation Watch examined the philanthropy of the billionaire financier George Soros. It found that Soros-funded groups supported increased government spending and tax increases, and opposed the death penalty and President Bush’s judicial nominees. In this article author Neil Hrab looks at Soros grants in four other policy areas: drug legalization, euthanasia, immigrant entitlements, and feminist organizing.
Why he's a player? The Atlantic
IN The Philosophy of History, Hegel discerned a disturbing historical pattern -- the crack and fall of civilizations owing to a morbid intensification of their own first principles. Although I have made a fortune in the financial markets, I now fear that the untrammeled intensification of laissez-faire capitalism and the spread of market values into all areas of life is endangering our open and democratic society. The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.
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