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 Peoples 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 Boehners 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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Salary package- all the Jamesons he can drink.
Best election evah....
Poor China.
Cash out then sell us out some more.
He was a phony.
Turd!
Scum rises to the top...specifically in politics!
This is a good example of one of many reasons why the Uniparty is so vehemently opposed to Donald Trump.
They know he wants to interrupt the good-old-boy government/corporate racket.
Hwy China.....BAD....VERY BAD INVESTMENT!!!!!
A foreign agent. Traitor. No surprise.
F’ning traitor. This is exactly the problem in DC
Now he’ll be crying all the way to the bank (with apologies to Liberace).
Boehner has long been a supporter of unfettered trade,
Fact check please. It is my impression that Boehner has favored big Chamber of Commerce rent-seeking Corporatism. For example, when Boehner and Pence competed for leadership, one of the issues was trade where Boehner had the support of the rent-seekers. Pence was more or less opposed to bills of attainer for campaign donors. Of course, that is why Pence lost to Boehner.
Globalists of the world untite and take over.
Any country but America. Not surprised at all.
He knows the game and plays it well. Good for him.
Hey, the man’s gotta eat, gotta feed his family...
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