Alan Greenspan a disciple of Ayn Rand was loved by the Ruling Class from Reagan thru

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8. That's exactly how they work in Michigan for the Politicians.

The money the pols in Lansing raise for their campaign chests is theirs to keep and love. Like the famous couple, the pols put it into a foundation and use it pay themselves salaries, mileage, ect upon retirement, usually upon term limitation.

An optometrist fellow told me about it. He said his nephew was a state rep. The doc asked his nephew what he would be doing, now that he was term-limited. Would he be giving his campaign chest over to the Republicans? The state rep said, "No. I get to keep it." The doc said, "WHAT? Isn't that against the law?" The nephew smiled and said, "Uncle, we MAKE the law."

That was about 8 years ago. Things have gotten worse since.