Why in the world are so-called conservatives ATTACKING one-another? I have a suggestion for you... go start a business, hire 30 people who work for you. Pay their wages, benefits, and retirement... Then see how much “Profit” you’ll claim on your taxes.
These games of our politics are just destroying our chances. Fight on the topics of government and policy! What a company or individual has made as a private Citizen... how is this relevant at all? Government retains consultants all the time.
So... Who cares about what Newt Did or Didn’t make! Why does that matter! Talk about policy, budget, fiscal matters and how to grow the economy. What matters to me is what he positioned for while a consultant. Did he try to position a free home for all? What was he advocating? That matters.
I’m on the fence regarding a candidate but I can tell you all this. Those candidates that resort to this type of tactic won’t get a cent of my money. I want leadership not High School drama.
Shame on the candidates doing this attack style on their so called “friends”.
I want to hear the foreign policy strategy, the investment strategy, the education policy, the energy policy, the private market strategy etc. Why don’t we just compare these things?
HEAR! HEAR!
I agree 100%
I respectfully disagree.
Former politicians who do ‘consulting’ work often are selling their influence.
My concern is that when they sell this influence to a quazi-government agency (like Freddie and Fannie) it is not for services but to buy silence. It is not like they were buying paper clips (or other tangible assets that you can physically touch) but they were buying ‘consulting.’ And by Newt’s admission, they didn’t even follow his advise so they essentially paid him $3.6 million for nothing.
When Bush tried to increase regulation on Freddie and Fannie, the Dems unanimously blocked the reform. Repubs let it die.
Where was Newt? Was he pushing reform or sitting on the sidelines? If he was on the sidelines, they got their 3.6 million dollars worth.