This will be short. One of my favorite reporters Andrew Kroll has released a new article about Rick Perry and his use of the Texas Teacher Retirement System as a tool to reward contributors to his campaign. He has rewarded his cronies with board appointments and in turn has pressured to fund to make questionable investments in his cronies' business interests. It serves to illustrate two points. The first is obvious: Perry is about the money not ideology. His actions are those of an opportunist and his ideological fervor is an act. Secondly, his attack on the Social Security System in my opinion is an attempt to gain control of retirement money to further his crony capitalism style. Retirement and health care serve as the modern gold rush. Perry has gotten rich off these schemes and the powerful interests behind him are experts at using puppets like Perry to further their money and power grabs.
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