Jeb Bush eases out of some businesses, such as firm helped by Obamacare

The Los Angeles Times ^ | December 25, 2014 | Joseph Tanfani

[2ndDivisionVet]

When Jeb Bush completed two terms as governor of Florida in 2007, he reported his net worth at $1.3 million, about $700,000 less than when he took office..

Today, nearly eight years later, he is a wealthier man. He has plunged into business and entrepreneurial ventures involving consulting, the paid lecture circuit and energy development. He has developed real estate, advised international investment banks and joined high-paying corporate boards.

But as he considers a run for president in 2016, Bush has begun to unwind some of his financial affairs, apparently to avoid the kind of criticism that hobbled fellow Republican Mitt Romney in his unsuccessful bid for the White House in 2012.

Bush is quitting Tenet Healthcare Corp. — a company that has profited from Obamacare — and is ending a consulting contract with Barclays Bank to focus on his political future. Aides say he also has stopped giving highly paid speeches to focus on traveling America, meeting with potential donors and testing what a friend calls a “visionary” brand of campaigning....

[Gaffer]

I remember that. I remember daddy HW glad handing with Slick in their foundation fundraising, too.

[RetSignman]

He’s busier that a cat covering his poo.

[don-o]

Jeb Bush proved himself totally unfit and unworthy to hold public office when, through cowardice, he murdered Terri Schiavo. He is totally unrepentant.

That is all that needs to be said about Jeb Bush. And it needs to be said every time his name is mentioned. Deal?

[Arthur McGowan]

I post it anytime I see Jeb Bush mentioned, wherever there is a comment box.

[devolve]

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- BONUS CRAPOLA:

- We know Obama expanded food stamps enormously - but do not forget that George W. Bush was the one that gave illegal aliens the gift to get food stamps way back in 2004.

- Add the EIC - Earned Income Credit and SSDI and you see illegals plus minorities getting $60,000 plus a year untaxed while legal working born in the USA honkies grossing $45000-$50000 a year are taxed to pay for the Obama family vacations and for his cocaine (”Maybe a little blow…”) -

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