Crooks and Liars: GOP Governors Moving State Monies to Contributors

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/04/jeb-bush-pushed-state-pension-money

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Here was a moment that at once underscored Jeb Bush’s personal attention to political allies and his embrace of the financial industry, which has delivered large donations to his campaigns. Email records show it was one of a series of such conversations Bush facilitated between pension staff and private companies at a time when his administration was shifting billions of dollars of state pension money -- the retirement savings for teachers, firefighters and cops -- into the control of financial firms.

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Texas state officials have moved public monies from the working class to the wealthy. And it is happening even with federal tax breaks for the wealthy. The public is not being made fully aware of this corruption and greed. Not only is it the responsibility of each citizen to get out and vote, it is also the responsibility for us to, get out the truth. You hear conversations out in public but hardly anything about the past and present integrity of persons running for office. It is sickening.

The Texas GOP wants to shut down the Public Integrity Unit to halt attention to, and shut down prosecution of, wrongdoing. It is not widely known. It is not something to be a proud Republican voter over, which some of my relatives say that they are. I think less of them for it.