Mitt Romney's Biggest Backers: Pyramid Schemers?

Mother Jones ^ | 15 Sep | —By Stephanie Mencimer

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(And the fines don’t speak too well, either.)

I covered this industry for the business press. I read the docs in most of the Nu Skin cases. Lefty fishing expeditions all, the ones I saw. Not that there's no such thing as fast-talking salesmen, or ones who cheat their distributors, or companies built on nothing. But Nu Skin has been a pretty tight act: real products and appropriate rules for distributors. They would fight some of these regulator cases, and pay others to make them go away, like any big, bland corporation.

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(And the fines don’t speak too well, either.)

I covered this industry for the business press. I read the docs in most of the Nu Skin cases. Lefty fishing expeditions all, the ones I saw. Not that there's no such thing as fast-talking salesmen, or ones who cheat their distributors, or companies built on nothing. But Nu Skin has been a pretty tight act: real products and appropriate rules for distributors. They would fight some of these regulator cases, and pay others to make them go away, like any big, bland corporation.

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When Amway's scumbag founder Dick DeVos was running for MI governor

Dick's the son of the founder, Rich DeVos. I didn't like Dick much, either. But he would have been better than the Commie, faux-Catholic babe who won that election.

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Why am I not surprised. Romney reminds me of the used car salesman who lies through his teeth to sell the car. Why should his biggest backers be any different.

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There’s a ton of dirt on him that won’t be exposed until he’s the nominee and then we’re screwed.

Bingo!