That Monsanto one left out Clarence Thomas.

He was their attorney or something, I forgot the specifics.

Thanks for putting these together. I knew about Goldman Sachs, but not the others, though I'm not surprised. Good info.

I am sure that all of these people will be safe and sound sharing their lavishly built bunkers when SHTF. Many of these names I am not familiar with, but will do more research. Thanks for the info.

Originally posted by mnemeth1
crony-capitalism

Why haven't I heard that before?

Maybe I did but didn't notice..

That is exactly what we have, no doubt.

There you have it folks, corporations run the government.
Second line.

Double post

I hate to be the devil’s advocate here but perhaps the reason so many of these men and women who are invited into positions of power within the government that work for these large corporations is because these large corporations are the most successful, i.e. they are the most successful. When you want to pick an expert in a field do you call on someone you have never heard of or a prominent person within a successful company? Whether these companies are ‘successful’ mostly because of their entanglement with the government is a good place to investigate.

Think about this. You need to fill a vacated position in the agriculture department; per se you are missing an important member of your staff, you need to hire someone for the job. Who do you call? Obviously you call someone from the most successful agricultural corporation in the United States; Monsanto. Now for this service not only will he want all the traditional benefits that go with the position but he says “if you want such professional service you will need to do something for my company in return”. Seeing as how you want to best perform you hire him.

This is how contract employment works, individuals enter into a contract on their own free will with agreed upon returns and investments from both sides. Does this lead to a revolving door? Yes, look at DC and Wall Street as it is today. Am I saying this is how business should be conducted? No, I am just explaining how and why it does without entering into the conspiracy side. I think everyone else on ATS can cover that angle for me.