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A helpful post on TPM indicates that Senator Evan Bayh cannot bring his $13 million home with him when he retires this year, as I thought used to be the case. However, he can ladle the gravy to whomever he likes, subject to Federal Election Commission rules. So at very least, Bayh gets to be a philanthropist and Big Man On Campus --- the campus of "moderate" Democrat copperheads looking for campaign handouts, that is. So a little man of the Senate can now buy himself some big respect. (At least until we find out about the goat that is still behind the curtain.)
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Like "loosing" money through gambling with the mob, for a cut you can launder ill gotten gains (so I've only heard, yea, that's the ticket). With $13M combined with clever, and mostly legally trained, political types and assorted cronies, it's probably more a matter of "vehicle" and "cut" rather than yes/no for some kind of personal benefit.
ReplyDeleteAnd I dare say he's easily smart enough to not buy the Jag right away.
Paul Powell
Anon: another possibility is that he launches some sort of "nonprofit" "nonpartisan" wanker foundation and then donates a huge portion of his bread to that.
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