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Originally Posted by WC_Lun  Maybe the politicians you are related to are the exception. Rich people want high level elected offfice for the power and contacts it brings. While some make money while they are in office, many more make it after they leave office. Once they leave office they aren't bound by those stuffy ethics laws. They can start using thier previous contacts as lobbyist. Being a lobbyist is where the money is. I'm suprised you don't know this 47MM, considering just a little reading would show it. Its risky for politicians to make too much money under the table while in office, but not when they become lobbyist. |
Lobbyist dont make as much as a politician in office. They are not bound my ethics laws in office, because while in office, they have power. Power to "escape much".
Their previous contacts will disasscoiate themselves, esp when the politician did some "unfavorable" stuff while in office.
It is about being in the "spotlight". If you are the hotspot, the deals and money flow in. Once out of the "light-hot spot', they trickle.
I believe that you dont really know what you are talking about.