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Saturday, September 01, 2012

Look Who Parks Their Cash At Bain

Democrats convened in Charlotte, NC, will double down on their claim that Bain Capital is really the Bain crime family. They will accuse Republican nominee Mitt Romney and Bain’s other “greedy” co-founders of stealing their winnings, evading taxes and lighting cigars with $100 bills on their yachts.

But Bain’s private-equity executives have enriched dozens of organizations and millions of individuals in the Democratic base — including some who scream most loudly for President Obama’s re-election.

Government-worker pension funds are the chief beneficiaries of Bain’s economic stewardship. New York-based Preqin uses public documents, news accounts and Freedom of Information requests to track private-equity holdings. Since 2000, Preqin reports, the following funds have entrusted some $1.56 billion to Bain:

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1 comment:

  1. Oprah and the Heinz Endowment Fund as in Teresa Heinz Kerry wife of democratic sentor Kerry.
    Seems Bain and Romney are okay in their book as long as he's making them money. And look at all the unions with accounts at Bain.

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