To: bobsunshine
The ambassadorships I can understand. This happens all the time, and a U.S. ambassadorship isn't even a serious position anyway. It's an ego trip for wealthy people.
What gets me is that some dude paid $3.5M to get appointed to the top FCC position -- which probably pays no more than $175,000/year. I'd really love to know what the quid pro quo arrangement was in THAT case.
4 posted on
09/14/2016 6:17:54 AM PDT by
Alberta's Child
("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")
To: Alberta's Child
6 posted on
09/14/2016 6:23:11 AM PDT by
KC Burke
(Consider all of my posts as first drafts. (Apologies to L. Niven))
To: Alberta's Child
Well, yes, but after they serve their term of, what....4 to 8 years....don’t they continue to receive that salary for life? I think I could get by on a-buck-seventy-five per year.
7 posted on
09/14/2016 6:23:18 AM PDT by
Tucker39
(Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
To: Alberta's Child
9 posted on
09/14/2016 6:27:49 AM PDT by
KC Burke
(Consider all of my posts as first drafts. (Apologies to L. Niven))
To: Alberta's Child
They KNOW there’s a return on their investment.
As we can all guess, he was banking on getting more than his investment back, in various forms.
19 posted on
09/14/2016 3:00:03 PM PDT by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: Alberta's Child
Wireless companies paying a ton to secure frequency ranges, tech companies wanting priority or preference for their technology as government approved standards.
20 posted on
09/14/2016 8:10:10 PM PDT by
tbw2
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