Wall Street opened its wallet for Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in their first weeks as candidates, despite the sometimes tough talk on the campaign trail about closing the nation’s wealth gap.
Bush collected nearly $145,000 from employees at Goldman Sachs and almost $167,000 coming from seven other big banks. Another $63,100 in contributions came from employees of the financial firm Neuberger Berman, run by his cousin, George Herbert Walker IV, who previously worked at Goldman Sachs, according to campaign financial-disclosure reports released Wednesday.
During his six years as an adviser for the defunct Wall Street bank Lehman Bros. and later at Barclays PLC, Bush said he earned, on average, between $1.3 million and $2 million a year. Employees of Barclays have donated $29,700, so far.
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5 comments:
Good enough reason not to vote for either one.
I hope they bet BIG so they all will lose. The entire nation are tired of both Clinton and Bush.
They're paying for it they should know.
And let the bidding begin. Sold to the highest bidder.
It's win-win for Wall Street. Has been for years. If they don't get their candidate they push for their political appointees.
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