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The Government's "Revolving"-est Doors
Former employees of federal agencies can often find good (and lucrative) jobs as lobbyists, capitalizing on the connections that they forged while in public service. As OpenSecrets exposes, the numbers of revolving-door-enthusiasts is reminiscent of the Ebola epidemic as this deadly-to-democracy disease spreads from department to department ripping away 'hope and change' wherever it appears. "Revolvers" include those as powerful - and well connected - as secretaries of state and as far from Washington as Peace Corps volunteers... but The Department of Commerce tops the list...
The agencies shown here have employed the greatest number of former lobbyists - or sent the greatest number of former employees to lobbying firms and interest groups.
| Agency | Number of revolving door people profiled |
|---|---|
| Dept of Commerce | 1736 |
| Dept of Defense | 1688 |
| Dept of State | 1452 |
| Dept of Health & Human Services | 1225 |
| White House | 1216 |
| Dept of Agriculture | 1112 |
| Dept of Army | 1080 |
| US House of Representatives | 876 |
| Dept of Justice | 864 |
| Dept of Energy | 840 |
| Dept of Transportation | 750 |
| Dept of Interior | 700 |
| Dept of Labor | 555 |
| Dept of Housing & Urban Development | 530 |
| Dept of Homeland Security | 520 |
| Dept of the Treasury | 444 |
| Dept of Navy | 428 |
| Dept of Education | 412 |
| Dept of Air Force | 312 |
| US Senate | 256 |
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x marks the spot to bomb.
The PC term is "ground zero."
Was that Jimmey Buffet on the far left?
He who makes the rules gets the gold.
He who prints the paper gets the hookers and coke
I'm making over $7k a month working part time. I kept hearing other people tell me how much money they can make online so I decided to look into it. Well, it was all true and has totally changed my life. This is what I do... www.globe-report.com
Whatever happened to Flounder?
Fired.
For not kicking enough back to big Pharma?
Seriously, a good question, and exactly the sort of thing the press is never curious about.
After serving 35 years as a sensitivity trainer, he finally cracked and went on a mass shooting spree in a mall. He was taken out by an off duty cop and part time assertiveness trainer within the first 30 seconds, though.
I don't often notice avatars, but that is a master piece.
I see 8 ft tall blue monkeys
And don't forget Arkansas Sen. Blanche "Cunt" Lincoln, who turned lobbyist, when voted out of the senate.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/20/blanche-lincoln-walmart_n_27269...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/16/monsanto-blanche-lincoln-_n_411...
Well, you can see where the money is! TBTF!!
Goldman Sachs alumni
I think if I was to do my whole career over I would:
1) Join the military right out of highschool, finagle a non-combat post, and stay until minimum retirement age (because no one knows what they want to do with their life at 18 anyway)
2) Take my military pension and go to work in Washington (using the contacts I had cultivated in the military)
3) Stay in Washington long enough to cultivate a job as a lobbyist, et. al.
Then kick it at, say, age 45-50
Would have been a great plan, except you will not need to face the guillotines, unlike the guy in your plan.
The banksters need to repay us.
What does one call a guillotine in a lobby? A lobbyist.
pakled, Personally, I'd rather self-swallow a .45 ACP, but, to each his own...
I am going to mount my guillotine on a revolving platform.
Like a revolving restaurant, except what gets "served."
The banksters need to repay us.
"It's all wealth and luxury until someone loses their head."
this is but one hand of the executive engagement game (& one in which the legal & accounting firm intermediaries get insufficient prominence)...
the other is the hand of the socialist-corporatists and their revolving door between academia & legal firms to the executive
the one pointing the finger at the other, and the crossover fun and games on academia board & judicial appointments just rounds out the show.
Im just so glad the Clinton's Bush will be in charge soon so we can know what to do
My brother-in-law works for the Department of Commerce. He’s a one man office who works out of his house. He has been doing this for 30 years. Despite numerous investigative attempts, no one in my greater family has yet figured out exactly what he does, other than it has something to do with international trade. If I didn’t know better, I would suspect he is actually with the CIA. But, he just isn’t smart enough for that. On that issue my entire greater family agrees. Maybe that’s why he hasn’t yet revolved.
Downtoolong, why haven't y'all waterboarded his ass, and found out for certain?
Revolvers - what a nice word, lol.