Get elected, get money

Posted by Al Lewis on November 20, 2011
Washington

Why do they call it “public service” when so many people leave Congress much richer than when they went in?

The fees Newt Gingrich bagged being a “historian” (no way was it for being a lobbyist) for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is just another example of the riches available to those who take a spin through Washington’s revolving door. Never mind Gingrich’s criticism of Fanne and Freddie as primar culprits in the demise of America’s economy. The money was good for him.

Click here to read my column in The Sunday Wall Street Journal.

2 Comments to Get elected, get money

Wes Taylor
November 20, 2011

Great article! It’s no wonder they want tax breaks for the most wealthy.
Yours is a message that needs wider distribution to the voters.
Throw the all outofoffice.

Nick
November 21, 2011

Al-

You’ve made me a daily reader of your column after this one.

The funniest part of Newt’s historian comment is that his dissertation was on “Belgian Education Policy in the Congo: 1945–1960.” As an oped I read previously said, “Who knew the job market for historians of colonial Africa was so hot?”