One of the big issues raised by Bernie Sanders has been the big bucks paid by Wall Street firms to Hillary Clinton for one of her boring 20 minute speeches. The going rate for these Hillary oration has been roughly ten thousand dollars per minute. No one actually believes that the Wall Street bankers cared what Hillary had to say in these speeches; they were buying access to the possible future president of the United States. They hope to get their money's worth after Hillary gets elected. But it's not just Hillary who has been bought by Wall Street. Right here in Connecticut, governor Malloy is about to approve a grant of twenty two million dollars to Bridgewater, the world's biggest hedge fund to "help" it pay the costs of remodeling its offices in Westport. Bridgewater manages tens of billions of dollars; it can afford to remodel its own offices. The state is in the process of making major cuts to its workforce because Malloy and the Democrats are paying them about 35% more than workers doing the same job in the private sector. That's crazy, but it's even worse to lay off these workers so that there will be cash to give to a multi-billion dollar hedge fund to pay for office remodeling.
One has to wonder. Is it that the folks from Bridgewater gave enormous amounts of cash to Malloy? We don't know. Alternatively, do the people at Bridgewater have something on Malloy? Again we don't know. There needs to be an investigation.
One has to wonder. Is it that the folks from Bridgewater gave enormous amounts of cash to Malloy? We don't know. Alternatively, do the people at Bridgewater have something on Malloy? Again we don't know. There needs to be an investigation.
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