This article explains exactly how Al Gore has benefited financially via the environmental movement and his insider relationships in the financial and political world. Seeing as I am a dirty Capitalist the fact that the man has made money is of no consequence to me. However, flying around on his jets telling the little people not to drive their cars, etc.. seems a little hypocritical to me. The fact is we have to be critical of those on the opposite side of our political ideologies but we must be even more diligent watching those who we admire. The old saying still rings true that absolute power corrupts absolutely, and unfortunately that corruption can even touch those we look up to the most.
"...Just before leaving public office in 2001, Gore reported assets of less than $2 million; today, his wealth is estimated at $100 million...."
"...Fourteen green-tech firms in which Gore invested received or directly benefited from more than $2.5 billion in loans, grants and tax breaks, part of President Obama’s historic push to seed a U.S. renewable-energy industry with public money...."
Al Gore has thrived as green tech investor. Via The Washington Post
Sounds like he made some shrewd investments in causes he happens to believe passionately in, Morgan. May we all be so shrewd, our survival may depend on it. And we we all someday be able to live in big Green houses too.
ReplyDeleteBTW: as a contributor to the blog, your posts are auto-tweeted under my avatar. Maybe it would avert confusion (or even mortification) for some of us if, when commencing a post with a self-referential statement (ironic or not) like "I am a dirty Capitalist," we make a habit of parenthetically identifying ourselves by initial: "I (M.L.) am a dirty Capitalist" etc.
Just a thought. I don't want the radical Greens to put a bounty on my head!