He who strives to make politics a permanent source of income lives 'off' politics as a vocation." Today some people are living very well thanks to crony capitalism in Washington. 2 "Either one lives 'for' politics or one lives 'off' politics. But he also pointed out that some people would live from it. The famous sociologist Max Weber once gave a lecture where he discussed "politics as a calling." He talked about people who would live for politics. They have unprecedented opportunities, rich friends, and tight webs of influence.
Washington today is full of politicians like Hastert. 1 But by the time he set down the Speaker's gavel, he was substantially better off than when he entered office, with a reported net worth of up to $11 million.
He remained at a similar level until he became Speaker of the House. His other assets amounted to no more than $170,000. He had a 104-acre farm in Shipman, Illinois, worth between $50,000 and $100,000. When Hastert first went to Congress he was a man of relatively modest means. Through hard work, attention to detail, and a knack for coalition building, he rose to be Speaker of the House in 1999 and served until 2007, when he resigned. And business is good.Ĭonsider just one example: Dennis Hastert was a jovial ex–high school wrestling coach and member of the Illinois House of Representatives when he was first elected to Congress in 1986. Here the "invisible hand" is often attached to the long arm of Washington. This is a book about how a Permanent Political Class, composed of politicians and their friends, engages in honest graft. If anything, corrupt politicians of that sort are vintage stuff now. And it's not about the kind of corrupt politicians who stuff money in their freezers. This is not another book about socioeconomic issues, campaign finance, or political action committees. And they get to do this while they are working for us, in the name of the "public service." They get to walk this exclusive pathway because they get to operate by a different set of rules from the rest of us. Now it's time to meet the New New Rich: the Government Rich.įor the Government Rich, insider deals, insider trading, and taxpayer money have become a pathway to wealth. This would land the rest of us in prison and earn their contempt for us. After all, Congress is unlikely to change the substance of rules that allow them to make a killing year on year. While Throw Them All Out is our wake up call, it is also a potential training guide for future politicians. Many names are given in this book of successful inside information operators within Congress. There are many ways they get rich while serving constituents, especially if you know what big deal Warren Buffett will do and when. They cultivate companies in their loyalty structure from whom they get insider information often at the committee level.
She also gets on well with Lewis, but there is no romantic attachment between them until Lewis' own series after Inspector Morse, largely because Lewis was still married at this point.Genre: nonf_publicism, Throw Them All Out Peter SchweizerĬongressmen are big winners in the stock market. Mr Dexter joked at the time that the body count was so high that Oxford had become the murder capital of Britain.Īlthough Hobson is young and gets along well with Morse, she is not a woman drawn into Morse's charms like Dr Russell. Hathaway jumped into the grave while Lewis confronted the murderers.įurthermore, which episode does Lewis find out who killed his wife?Īdditionally, who is Inspector Morse's wife? And tonight viewers will see that the tarot reader in question is played by none other than Sheila Hancock, who was married to original Inspector Morse star John Thaw until his death in 2002 and joined Endeavour in a one-off guest role for the series finale.Īlso question is, how did Inspector Morse die?įourteen million viewers tuned in to the final Morse episode in 2000, to see the eponymous detective die of a heart attack. Lewis and Hathaway found themselves questioning Dr Hobson's past in Falling Darkness, during which she ended up being buried alive by the real killers. Lewis with Hathaway Hathaway discovered who it was that had killed Lewis' wife in a hit-and-run.