Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell Reach Filibuster Reform Deal [UPDATE]
Friday, January 25, 2013
Pretty much the same people/corporations/industries that Republicans represent.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/untouchables/
http://www.salon.com/2010/03/29/mcconnell_3/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/23/untouchables-wall-street-prosecutions-obama
While it will be interesting the corporate boards of directors that Obama lands on after the White House, it will be more interesting to see where Michelle Obama winds up. More and more politicians are working as teams with their spouses, switchbacking between public office and corporate whor/tool-ing (Mitch McConnell and his wife Elaine Chao, Chris Dodd and his wife Jackie Clegg, Tom Daschle and his lobbyist wife Linda Hall Daschle, Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni Thomas, are just a few examples. Then there's this.
Before entering the White House, Michelle Obama directly benefitted professionally from her husband's legislative efforts through her job at the University of Chicago Hospitals. She was also a salaried board member of TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a major Wal-Mart supplier) with ties to Citibank.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
