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| 2015-01-17 |
| [PAGESIX] Ever wonder how lowly paid lawmakers leave office filthy rich? Sen. Dianne Feinstein is showing how it's done. The US Postal Service plans to sell 56 buildings--so it can lease space more expensively--and the real estate company of the California senator's husband, Richard Blum, is set to pocket about $1 billion in commissions. Blum's company, CBRE, was selected in March 2011 as the sole real estate agent on sales expected to fetch $19 billion. Most voters didn't notice that Blum is a member of CBREÂ’s board and served as chairman from 2001 to 2014. This feat of federal spousal support was ignored by the media after Feinstein's office said the senator, whose wealth is pegged at $70 million, had nothing to do with the USPS decisions. When the national debt is $18 trillion, a billion seems like small change. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 When she left... |
| Posted by: Unonter Bluetooth3165 2015-01-17 20:24 |
| #2 When left her job as Mayor of San Francisco to run for the Senate, her disclosed net worth was about $5,000,000. Being a Senator pays good. |
| Posted by: Unonter Bluetooth3165 2015-01-17 20:23 |
| #1 Also of course they are exempt from Insider Trading rules. Bribes are illegal but stock tips are not. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-01-17 18:23 |