A top government official with energy industry holdings huddles in secret with oil company executives to work out the details of a potentially lucrative “national energy policy.” Later, that same official steers billions of government dollars to his former oil-field services company. Well-paid elected representatives act with impunity, routinely trading government contracts and other favors for millions of dollars.
We’re Living In A Kleptocracy: America Robs From Its Poor — While Its Infrastructure Crumbles
Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch.com, Salon: Politics
Sun, 11/29/2015 - 1:30pm
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