November 15, 2014

HOW AL GORE BECAME A BILLIONAIRE: Crony Environmentalism

Al Gore, a career “public servant,” reportedly became a billionaire just a few years after leaving his last government job as vice president of the United States.  He achieved this miracle, according to news reports, through various “green” business deals.  Such deals are always proprietary and few details about them ever become public.  They usually involve the ancient mercantilist practice of bribing politicians for a special favor or subsidy.  The bribe-giver becomes wealthy, and the politicians granting the favor/subsidy have the funds to finance the next campaign.  Let’s call it crony environmentalism.
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