http://www.politico.com/story/2012/11/lawmakers-exit-congress-head-to-k-street-84431.html?hp=t1
It’s that time of year again in Washington, when congressmen who once ran for office calling for change inside the Beltway are heading straight to K Street.Retiring Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) will join Duke Energy early next year as senior vice president of federal affairs. Rep. Jason Altmire, a Pennsylvania Democrat who lost his primary, is joining insurer Florida Blue as a government affairs executive. Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Ky.), who resigned July 31, will form a public affairs firm, Republic Consulting, with lobbyist Hunter Bates.
now you know why they come not to better Washington or the country or "we the people" they come because if you play along to get along you insure your future in and out of office. we need more public vetting and litmus test to weed out those who seek to be payed just to guarantee their endgame.
Headhunters are excited about several lawmakers who lost election bids this month, including Reps. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) and Connie Mack (R-Fla.), former Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Republican Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuno.
Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas), who did not run for reelection, says he’s in the final running for a position at a San Antonio-based company that would have him overseeing government relations and public relations, among other things. But Washington is still a possibility, he told POLITICO. If the San Antono position “doesn’t work, I’ll probably have to look in Washington,” he said.
we pay them to learn how to screw us better from a civilian position, how stupid does that make us, very if we don't only address it but correct it how many more years do you have, and how do you want to live them?
