Response I posted at site:
A think tank is a private group which hires itself out to anyone who wants to pay for it’s advice. Think tanks recommend a course of action or postulate what the future may hold for any given concern and make recommendations on how the concern should navigate through the problematic future happenings on the horizon.
While the Lib media makes an issue about this because it concerns a Conservative running for office, they depend on the total ignorance of their readership to not see a think tank is no different then a financial adviser who tells people where to invest to maximize or protect assets in both troubled or prosperous times.
Newt is advocating a MANDATE!!! That is why he was hired.
Ya know like Obamacare Romneycare...NewtCare
Thanx .. that’s what I was thinking, but not smart enough (or it’s too early with not enough coffee) to say it that way.
I’m going to make the wild guess that Newt has smashed all records for a pol trading on his influence to make a fortune for himself.
Yes, it was after he left office, which is when most pols and their aides cash in.
No, he was apparently not a lobbyist so registered with Congress.
But it sure sounds like Freddie and the others were paying him millions of dollars for at least his using his knowledge to help them to lobby more effectively and also to buy his public advocacy for positions and policies favorable to them, whether in the mortgage, health or energy fields, among those sectors we are aware of.
It may help to explain his soulless and often big-government oriented, non-conservative positions over the years. Certainly it is information that should come to light during these early stages of the vetting process.
“a think tank is no different then a financial adviser”
Newt is not a physician, nor a healthcare specialist.
He took money to get legislation passed by congress. As a former speaker he has influence and can get that done.
I agree with your definition, but, nonetheless, this was a think tank that recommended health insurance mandates and a universal drug entitlement rather than one aimed solely at the poor. Newt believes strongly in the power of big government to alleviate social ills.
A think tank is a private group which hires itself out to anyone who wants to pay for it’s advice.
Sort of like what a prostitute does?
It is incumbent upon the honorable craftsman to be awareof whether or not his services are being usedas a means to accomplish evil ends -and to act (or NOT) accordingly.
Veritas Honor!
You seem to have missed the point that Newt’s think tank ‘Thinks’ only socialist, tyrannical thoughts.
its more likely Newt was paid for lobbying. He has access to congressman