How Do Politicians Get Filthy Rich Off Public Service?

Will Cain Country

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🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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As questions surround President Biden and whether he profited off his positions in public service, Will sits down with Matt Lewis, the author of the new book, Filthy Rich Politicians: The Swamp Creatures, Latte Liberals, and Ruling-Class Elites Cashing in on America. Will and Matt discuss the various ways politicians make money off of their titles and offices, everyone from President Biden to former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and some congressmen in between. Tell Will what you thought about this podcast by emailing [email protected] Follow Will on Twitter: @WillCain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How is it that politicians without ever having helped a private job get so rich?
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0:23.6	What's up?
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0:42.9	Wilkain podcast.
0:44.8	How is it politicians always end up so rich?
0:51.7	Part of it is because rich people get elected to Congress, to the presidency, but a more
0:57.5	concerning observation, the fact of American public life, is that politicians that were
1:03.8	not previously rich, go to Washington DC and end up rich.
1:11.3	How?
1:12.3	Why?
1:13.3	Well, Matt Lewis is the author of a new book entitled Filthy Rich Politicians, The Swamp
1:18.9	Creatures, Lotte Liberals, and ruling class elites cashing in on America.
1:25.2	Matt Lewis is a columnist for the Daily Beast, he's worked at the Daily Colour, he's
1:29.1	been a CNN contributor, he's written several books, and this newest book dives in to an
1:37.0	issue that should be important to everyone, left or right, Democrat or Republican.
1:42.2	I enjoy this conversation with Matt Lewis where we debate among other things, his opposition
1:49.1	his attitude toward Donald Trump, but most importantly, why it is politicians get so rich.
1:57.1	Here's the author of Filthy Rich Politicians, Matt Lewis.
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