Money makes the (globalist) world go around!
Same sh*t, different century.
Posted on 09/26/2016 3:56:52 PM PDT by Lorianne
John Boehner, the retired speaker of the House, is monetizing his decades of political relationships and cashing out to serve some of the most powerful special interests in the world.
Boehner is joining Squire Patton Boggs, a lobbying firm that peddles its considerable influence on behalf of a number of foreign nations, including most notably the People’s Republic of China. Serving Beijing is somewhat appropriate: Boehner has long been a supporter of unfettered trade, helping to lead the effort to grant Most Favored Nation status to China. Squire Patton Boggs also represents a long list of corporate clients, including AT&T, Amazon.com, Goldman Sachs & Co., Royal Dutch Shell, and the Managed Funds Association, a trade group for the largest hedge funds in the country.
Boehner is signing onto Squire Patton Boggs “as a strategic advisor to clients in the U.S. and abroad, and will focus on global business development.”
The news comes just a week after the announcement that Boehner will be joining the board of Reynolds American, the tobacco company responsible for brands such as Camel and Newport cigarettes. The tobacco board seat will likely earn Boehner over $400,000 a year in stock and cash. The Squire Patton Boggs salary has not been disclosed, but lawmakers of Boehner’s stature have easily obtained salaries at similar gigs in the seven-figure range.
Boehner is reportedly declining to register as a lobbyist for his new job at a lobbying firm, but that label makes little difference these days. Thousands of professionals engaged in government affairs positions work to influence policy on behalf of well-heeled special interests every day without registering under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The law governing lobby registration is virtually unenforced.
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Tears of joy! Boehner will celebrate with the finest whiskey and smokes, no doubt.
After Trump is sworn in, old Johnny will be thinking plea bargain.
Whatever he’s representing, I’m not buying.
I just found out today that former Mass. Governor Deval Patrick is with Bain Capital.
PHOOEY to both him and Boehner!!!!
The wolf finally took off his sheep’s clothing.
What a scumbag.
This is to set up Boner’s next revenue opportunity - TPP approval in the lame duck session.
If he’s thinking Trump will win, perhaps he’s trying to grab as much cash as he can before January 2017?
Or...
His pitch to the Chinese is, “Look, I put Ryan in as Speaker. I have leverage...which of course you’re going to have to pay for...”
That could be a very dumb investment by those want Boner to lobby for them.
He will have zero power in 2017. His connections will go down for the count when their pick, Illiarily gets her wide butt kicked in the election.
That was always the bargain.
You forgot hitting the tanning bed...
Cigarettes are expensive these days.
and all connected to Romney thru Bain Capital
No wonder Romney went full-on crazy with Trump
Money makes the (globalist) world go around!
Same sh*t, different century.
Case study in what is wrong with DC.
Trump knows the problem. Only person in the country that might actually change this culture of corruption.
I think it’s called “crying all the way to the bank”
And they kill ya sooner rather than later.
This should be against the law. Period.
If he fails to persuade a client he cries
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