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Hank Greenberg Gives $10 Million to Super PAC Backing Jeb Bush
WSJ ^ | Jan 7, 2016 | Beth Reinhard

Posted on 01/07/2016 10:37:46 AM PST by bkopto

Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg, who built American International Group Inc. into a world-wide financial powerhouse before its controversial government bailout, has donated $10 million to the super PAC backing Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, making him one of the largest contributors in the 2016 race.

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There's no fool like a 90 year-old fool. What a waste of money.
1 posted on 01/07/2016 10:37:46 AM PST by bkopto
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AIG shoulda been kilt.


2 posted on 01/07/2016 10:39:00 AM PST by Paladin2
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3 posted on 01/07/2016 10:39:27 AM PST by jimbo123
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4 posted on 01/07/2016 10:39:42 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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10 million down the drain....


5 posted on 01/07/2016 10:40:00 AM PST by LongWayHome
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To: bkopto
There's only one Hank Greenberg.


6 posted on 01/07/2016 10:40:45 AM PST by dfwgator
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“American International Group Inc” is alleged by many to have ties to government security agencies (and to launder their money from various international sources...).


7 posted on 01/07/2016 10:41:07 AM PST by CondorFlight (I)
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To: bkopto

Seems like a 10 million dollar toilet flush, unless he has inside info on how Jeb is going to squeak in to the presidency?


8 posted on 01/07/2016 10:41:14 AM PST by siberianheat
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To: bkopto

Yes, it must be nice to have so much money you can throw it away on someone who, so obviously, is not what Republican voters want this year.


9 posted on 01/07/2016 10:42:55 AM PST by LibertarianLiz
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To: bkopto

A fool and his money are soon parted.


10 posted on 01/07/2016 10:43:24 AM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: bkopto; cripplecreek

Ummm...is this a Michigan/Tigers ping?
Likely not but...I can’t wait for warm weather and baseball.


11 posted on 01/07/2016 10:44:06 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: bkopto

Buying the president, dictator. etc. is the way Socialists and Communist countries do it....what do you suppose Mr.Maurice “Hank” Greenberg expects from his “investment”? Three guesses...first two don’t count......!


12 posted on 01/07/2016 10:44:19 AM PST by yoe
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To: bkopto

Good money after bad.


13 posted on 01/07/2016 10:45:01 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (frequently.)
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To: dfwgator

You wanna sell that card?


14 posted on 01/07/2016 10:45:04 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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My first thought as well


15 posted on 01/07/2016 10:45:47 AM PST by wardaddy (Save western civilization and save the world....lose it & it's a dark ages unknown to human history)
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To: bkopto

He is still ticked that Gehrig and Foxx were better MLB First Basemen in the 1930’s....


16 posted on 01/07/2016 10:52:01 AM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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Tells you how crooked the process is if Greenberg had been done such a solid by the Bushes way back that he’d have to happily light a cigar with $10mm for them now. Wow!


17 posted on 01/07/2016 10:55:57 AM PST by major-pelham
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To: bkopto

He was one hell of a baseball player back in the 1930s. I didn’t even know he was still alive.


18 posted on 01/07/2016 10:57:50 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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Say it ain't so, Joe!



19 posted on 01/07/2016 11:03:47 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Paladin2

Billions of taxpayer dollars went to A I G.


20 posted on 01/07/2016 11:05:52 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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