I'm sure I wasn't the only person who thought it was strange that Warren Buffet started throwing his considerable prestige behind Democrats a few years back, and was eventually appointed Bara Bama's fiscal advisor during the 2008 campaign.
Well, somehow the media managed to not report that Buffet owns a wind farm company that is rapidly expanding its operations and stands to gain tremendously at taxpayer expense thanks to Bama and his energy policy.
How can this possibly be ethical? Buffet gained not only a strategic advantage, but set himself up to receive billions in taxpayer dollars to fund the growth of his company, which stands to profit from this growth while all we get is his wonderful power. It's not like just anyone can afford to own a share Berkshire-Hathaway, you know.
Also, this speaks to the incredible hypocrisy of Bama, who pledged to not have lobbyists as part of his administration, all the while he had perhaps the most influential covert lobbyist in the country trumpeting his economic proposals.
I don't fault Buffet, although this behavior certainly reveals a duplicitous side that is at odds with his high and mighty philanthropic image. But it once again shows that Bama has always just been a shameless politician who says one thing while blatantly doing another.
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