Cashing in on government "service"

Looks like ex US Trade Representative Ron Kirk has traded access to all those contacts he made on the taxpayer's money into a lucrative private sector job.

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/h...las-office.ece

Somethings never change..

Republican isn't he?

Republican isn't he? Originally Posted by i'va biggen

Gotcha - Democrat!

Woops wrong Kirk you got me..

Yeah ... Those fuckers should all take a vow of poverty when they retire from public service. like Jim "the great legislator" DeMint!

I have said before

a friend of mine is the brother in law of former Oklahoma US senator Don Nichols, Nichols told him he would not run again because now he was going to make some real money

Yeah ... Those fuckers should all take a vow of poverty when they retire from public service. like Jim "the great legislator" DeMint! Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Mr Kirk openly bragged about using the contacts he gained while on official business of the United States government. He should go into a field where he isn't a rainmaker because he knows all those people he met in office.

Would you do that if you were him?

In the business world, it's called networking.

Nothing vile, evil or unethical here, bro.

Would you do that if you were him?

In the business world, it's called networking.

Nothing vile, evil or unethical here, bro. Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

If you made contacts in the private sector business world, it isn't trading on government "service". He needs to make a living doing something besides trading on the insider contacts he made playing golf with the President. It is unseemly. He brags about the doors he will open because of who he knows from his days as trade representative. Are you ok with that Mr. Rider?

WOW! A person from the government cashing in using the contacts they made during their service. Like that's never happened before. How many former/defeated House Reps and Senators have done the same thing? From ALL parties.

WOW! A person from the government cashing in using the contacts they made during their service. Like that's never happened before. How many former/defeated House Reps and Senators have done the same thing? From ALL parties. Originally Posted by chefnerd

don't they all do that?

If you lose a election you become a lobbyist.

His wifey, also a lawyer, had a $300,000 / year no show job. When Kirk was mayor of Dallas.

If you made contacts in the private sector business world, it isn't trading on government "service". He needs to make a living doing something besides trading on the insider contacts he made playing golf with the President. It is unseemly. He brags about the doors he will open because of who he knows from his days as trade representative. Are you ok with that Mr. Rider? Originally Posted by Jewish Lawyer

You are SO FAR off base on this one.

SO FAR!

How was he with Israel?

He hasn't "retired" from politics...............more like voters weren't buying what he was selling....I guess you could call it "forced retirement."

Yeah ... Those fuckers should all take a vow of poverty when they retire from public service. like Jim "the great legislator" DeMint! Originally Posted by Yssup Rider