Rep. Ken Buck on
D.C.’s Swamp: Politicians Are ‘Bought with Taxpayer Dollars’ (Researchers Note:
Follow the Money!)
by Dan Riehl 13 Apr 2017Washington, DC
Rep. Ken Buck
(R-CO) joined Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow
on Thursday to talk about his new book, Drain the Swamp: How Washington Corruption Is Worse Than
You Think.
Breitbart News recently published an exclusive excerpt of
Buck’s book here.
Regarding Washington, on Thursday, Buck said, “It is a
corrupting place. I think most people come here with good principles and
good motives. They get here, and they are surrounded by the corrupting
influences.”
“Some, without even knowing it,” he added, “are moving
toward spending more money and less oversight and really less caring at what’s
going on around them.”
Politicians, said Buck, are “bought with taxpayer
dollars in the sense that it’s
not their money. It’s very easy to spend someone else’s money on programs that
others are interested in. So a special interest group will approach a
congressman. They will suggest that this part of a defense bill or this part of the
transportation
budget needs to be increased. The congressman obviously has no
skin in the game. They’re more than happy to vote on an appropriations bill, to
vote on other bills that will benefit major corporations or interests in the
country.”
Buck continued, “Sometimes bad people come here, and
they’re very comfortable from the beginning. But the good people that come here
on the campaign trail before they get here talk about the fact that they want
to balance the budget when they get here. They talk about the fact that they’re
so many government programs in the federal system that really should be brought
back to the states. They get here, they are influenced by the special interest
groups, and they fall in line pretty quickly.”
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Taxpayer Dollars
Charles O.
Rossotti was a commissioner for the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS), and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States
(think tank).
Note: Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States
(think tank).
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Timothy D. Adams
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was an undersecretary for the U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) is a
division of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury.
David D.
Aufhauser is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a general counsel for the U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
James A. Baker III
is an honorary director at
the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was a secretary for
the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Kenneth
W. Dam is a lifetime director for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a deputy secretary for the U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
Stuart E.
Eizenstat is a director
at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was a deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Robert M. Kimmitt
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a deputy secretary for the U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
George P. Shultz
is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a secretary for the U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
Herbert M.
Allison Jr. was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and an assistant secretary at the U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
Teresa M. Ressel
was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and an assistant secretary at the U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
Richard L.
Armitage is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was an assistant secretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Harold
Brown is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a secretary for the U.S. Department of
Defense.
Frank C. Carlucci is an honorary director
at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was a secretary for
the U.S. Department of Defense.
Eric S. Edelman
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was an undersecretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense
Evelyn N. Farkas
is a senior fellow at
the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was a deputy
assistant secretary for the U.S. Department
of Defense.
Sherri W. Goodman
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a deputy undersecretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Stephen J. Hadley
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was an undersecretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
James L. Jones
Jr. is a
director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was a commander, U.S.
European Command for the U.S. Department
of Defense.
Zalmay Khalilzad is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was an assistant
deputy undersecretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Franklin D.
Kramer is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was an assistant secretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Jan M. Lodal is a director
at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was a principal
deputy undersecretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
William J. Lynn
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a deputy secretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
James N. Miller
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was an undersecretary for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Judith A. Miller
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a general counsel for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Joseph S. Nye Jr.
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was an assistant secretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Philip A. Odeen is
a lifetime director for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Sean
O'Keefe is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a comptroller & CFO for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
William J. Perry
is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a secretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Walter B. Slocombe
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was an undersecretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
William H. Taft
IV is a lifetime director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a general counsel for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Togo D. West Jr.
is a lifetime director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a general counsel for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Dov S. Zakheim is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was an undersecretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Henry E. Catto was
a chair emeritus for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and an assistant secretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Edwin
Dorn was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and an undersecretary at the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Chas. W. Freeman
Jr. was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and an assistant secretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Jacques S.
Gansler was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and an undersecretary at the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Chuck
Hagel was a chairman for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and secretary for the U.S. Department of
Defense.
Paul G. Kaminski
was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and an undersecretary at the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Arnold Kanter
was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and an undersecretary at the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Robert S. McNamara
was an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and a secretary for the U.S. Department
of Defense.
James R.
Schlesinger was an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States
(think tank), and a secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Madeleine K.
Albright is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a secretary for the U.S.
Department of State.
Elizabeth
Frawley Bagley is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a special representative for global partnerships for the U.S. Department of State.
James A. Baker III
is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a secretary for the U.S.
Department of State.
Richard L.
Armitage is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a deputy secretary for the U.S.
Department of State.
Esther Brimmer
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was an assistant secretary for the U.S.
Department of State.
R. Nicholas Burns is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was an undersecretary
for the U.S. Department of State.
Richard R. Burt
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was an assistant secretary for the U.S.
Department of State.
Kenneth
W. Dam is a lifetime director for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a deputy secretary for the U.S.
Department of State.
Paula J.
Dobriansky is a
director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was an undersecretary
- democracy & global affairs for the U.S.
Department of State.
Stuart E.
Eizenstat is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was an undersecretary
for the U.S. Department of State.
Robert S. Gelbard
is a director at
the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was an assistant
secretary for the U.S. Department of
State.
Robert D. Hormats is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was an undersecretary
for the U.S. Department of State.
Reuben Jeffery
III is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was an undersecretary for the U.S.
Department of State.
James L. Jones
Jr. is a
director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was a special envoy
for Middle East Security for the U.S.
Department of State.
Henry A. Kissinger is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was a
secretary for the U.S. Department of
State, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Thomas R. Nides is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a deputy secretary of state for the U.S. Department of State.
Carlos Pascual
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank), and was a special envoy, international
energy affairs for the U.S. Department
of State.
Thomas R.
Pickering is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was an undersecretary
for the U.S. Department of State.
Colin L. Powell is
an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a secretary for the U.S.
Department of State.
Condoleezza Rice is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), was the secretary for the
U.S. Department of State, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
George P. Shultz is an honorary director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was a secretary for
the U.S. Department of State.
William H. Taft IV is a lifetime director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was a legal adviser
for the U.S. Department of State.
Ellen O. Tauscher is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was a special envoy
for strategic stability & missile defense for the U.S. Department of State.
Melanne Verveer is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was an ambassador-at-large
for global women's issues for the U.S.
Department of State.
Peter Bass was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was a deputy
assistant secretary for the U.S.
Department of State.
William J. Burns was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was a deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of State.
Warren Christopher was an honorary director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a secretary of state,
secretary for the U.S. Department of
State.
Chas. W. Freeman Jr. was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a principal deputy
assistant secretary for the U.S.
Department of State.
Janet G. Mullins Grissom was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and an assistant
secretary for the U.S. Department of
State.
Marc Grossman was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and an undersecretary for
the U.S. Department of State.
Alexander M. Haig Jr. was an honorary director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a secretary for the U.S. Department of State.
Richard C. Holbrooke was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a special envoy to
Afghanistan, Pakistan, assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State.
William A. Nitze was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a deputy assistant
secretary for the U.S. Department of
State.
Torkel L. Patterson was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a deputy assistant
secretary for the U.S. Department of
State.
Susan E. Rice was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and an assistant
secretary for the U.S. Department of
State.
Rozanne L. Ridgway was a co-chair for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and an assistant
secretary of state for Europe & Canada for the U.S. Department of State.
Stanley O. Roth was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and an assistant
secretary for the U.S. Department of
State.
Anne-Marie
Slaughter was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and a director of policy planning for the U.S.
Department of State.
James B.
Steinberg was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and a deputy secretary for the U.S.
Department of State.
John C. Whitehead
was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and a deputy secretary for the U.S.
Department of State.
Myron A.
Brilliant is a director at
the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was a SVP for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
James A. Baker III
is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was an undersecretary for the U.S.
Department of Commerce.
Brian D. Dailey
is a lifetime director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a director at the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce.
Stuart E.
Eizenstat is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was an undersecretary
for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Barbara H.
Franklin is a lifetime director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a secretary for the U.S.
Department of Commerce.
Jon M. Huntsman
Jr. is the chairman for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a deputy assistant secretary for Asia for the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Frederick Kempe
is the president & CEO for
the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a director at the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Daniel W.
Christman was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and an SVP for the U.S. Department of
Commerce.
Jane H. Lute is a
director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and was a deputy
secretary for the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security.
Thomas J. Ridge
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a secretary for the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security.
Reuben Jeffery
III is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a chairman for the U.S.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Paula
Stern was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a chair for the U.S.
International Trade Commission.
Philip
Lader is a lifetime director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a deputy director at the U.S.
Office of Management and Budget.
Sean
O'Keefe is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a deputy director at the U.S.
Office of Management and Budget.
George P. Shultz
is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a director at the U.S. Office of
Management and Budget.
George P. Shultz
is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a secretary for the U.S.
Department of Labor.
Daniel B. Poneman
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a deputy secretary for the U.S.
Department of Energy.
James R.
Schlesinger was an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States
(think tank), and was a secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy.
Cynthia L.
Quarterman is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was an administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration for the U.S. Department
of Transportation.
Rajiv
Shah is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was an undersecretary for research, education & economics for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Rajiv
Shah is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was an administrator for the U.S.
Agency for International Development.
William H. Taft
IV is a lifetime director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a general counsel for the U.S.
Department of Health Education & Welfare.
Frances
Fragos Townsend is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a counsel to the attorney general, assistant U.S. attorney for the
Southern District for the U.S.
Department of Justice.
Togo D. West Jr.
is a lifetime director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and was a Veterans affairs secretary for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Eric K. Shinseki
was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and a secretary for the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs.
William A. Nitze
was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
and an assistant administrator for the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Neal S. Wolin is a
director a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
a deputy secretary at the U.S.
Department of the Treasury, and an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
David S. Cohen was
an undersecretary for terrorism & financial crimes for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and a
partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale
and Dorr.
Christopher J.
Meade was a general counsel at U.S.
Department of the Treasury, and a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Jared Kushner’s
law firm is Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale
and Dorr, and is a senior adviser to the president for the Donald Trump administration.
Robert M. Kimmitt
is a director a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank),
a senior international counsel at Wilmer
Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, and was a deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
C.
Boyden Gray is a director a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States
(think tank), and was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Cameron F. Kerry
was an associate at Wilmer Cutler
Pickering Hale and Dorr, a general counsel; acting secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce, is John F. Kerry’s brother, and a senior
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
John
F. Kerry is Cameron F. Kerry’s brother,
and was a secretary for the U.S.
Department of State.
Samuel K. Skinner
was a senior partner at Sidley Austin
LLP, and a secretary for the U.S.
Department of Transportation.
Kathryn B.
Thomson was a partner at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a general counsel for the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
William J.
Wilkins was a partner at Wilmer
Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, and is the chief counsel for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) is a
division of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury.
Charles O.
Rossotti was a commissioner for the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS), and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States
(think tank).
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