Jeb Bush's private investments in fracking dovetail with public advocacy

Ol' Jeb thinks he can keep this out of the news.


Jeb Bush's private investments in fracking dovetail with public advocacy, February 20, 2015

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"Some states, like yours here in New York, are choosing not to grow. They won't approve fracking," Bush said, his veiled shot at Cuomo drawing roars of approval from Republicans gathered at a Sheraton in Manhattan. "Meanwhile, in parts of New York where huge opportunities exist for the restoration of economic activity, people languish."

Bush left unmentioned that fracking in the Marcellus Shale beneath the New York-Pennsylvania border also presented a big opportunity for himself.

One of his private equity enterprises at that time was raising $40 million to back a Denver-based company acquiring fracking wells in hopes New York would lift its ban. The company, Inflection Energy, has active leases in Pennsylvania, and one of Bush's equity partners sits on the board. He also has fracking ties through a separate business with both of his sons.

The intersection between Bush's private and public life — calls for fracking have been a part of his speeches and came as recently as last month in San Francisco — triggers questions of disclosure......

Let's see.... Jeb Bush profits from his **Education Reform** agenda that he's pushed in front of state legislatures across the country (he left Condoleezza Rice in charge of his 'education reform' empire for now); Jeb Bush profits from pushing fracking across the country (his sons are deeply involved as well); Jeb Bush and his family and cronies profit from perpetual war.



This sounds like a dyed in the wool con man. But he's his own man, you see.


The take-home message on Jeb Bush:

He continuously uses his family name, political influence and unaware taxpayers to pad his pockets. He's deeply motivated in pursuit of this goal.

"I want to be very wealthy," he told the News, "and I'll be glad to tell you when I've accomplished that goal." Link

And, now, he thinks he is bred to rule.