Comments on: What happened to David Bonior

By: The Business Cost of the Perfect World | Simple Justice

The Business Cost of the Perfect World | Simple Justice — Sat, 03 May 2014 13:19:28 +0000

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By: Black Death

Black Death — Sat, 03 May 2014 01:37:49 +0000

Hmmmmm. Bonior retired in 2003 after spending “most of his career in government service,” the last 26 years in the House of Representatives. Congressional salaries in 2003 were about $155,000. Now Mr. Bonior owns two DC restaurants and a house on Capitol Hill as well as one on the Chesapeake Bay. Mighty nice “gummint work,” if you can get it. And the folks in Washington wonder why nobody back home trusts Congress. I think I know a reason.

By: Carter Wood

Carter Wood — Thu, 01 May 2014 14:49:25 +0000

George McGovern experienced the same post-political revelation when he bought an inn and convention facility in Connecticut. http://www.inc.com/magazine/19931201/3809.html

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 16:48:05 +0000

What we want people to think: “Wow, even the people who champion this regulation think it’s too strong once they experience it!”

What people will actually think: “Bah, he’s just a rich jerk like all the rest of ’em, maybe he pretended to be on our side but he really wasn’t.”