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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday December 17 2016, @12:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the do-you-really-want-Donald-Trump's-ear? dept.

The CEOs of Tesla, Uber, and Pepsi have joined President-elect Donald Trump's "Strategic and Policy Forum":

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped three additional high-profile chief executives including Tesla's Elon Musk to join a group that will meet regularly to give input on job creation and the economy.

Trump announced the first batch of CEOs for his "strategic and policy forum" on Dec. 2. The group is led by Stephen Schwarzman, the chief executive of Blackstone. Trump's transition team now said the group would expand to include Tesla's Musk, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, and Pepsi chief Indra Nooyi.

From the article at The Wrap:

Trump announced the initial 16 members earlier this month, and the group will be chaired by Blackstone CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman. According to a press release distributed by Trump's transition team, "Members of the Forum will be charged with providing their individual views to the President — informed by their unique vantage points in the private sector — on how government policy impacts economic growth, job creation and productivity."

Also at WSJ (paywalled).


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 17 2016, @05:13PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 17 2016, @05:13PM (#442466)

    You are being misled by your news sources. FEC regulations prohibit a single individual from directly donating anywhere near $450k to an individual's campaign. There are lots of ways to get around this, but they leave less and less of a public paper trail. Some, such as donations to certain types of political action organizations, enable donors to keep their identity completely secret. The point here is you're comparing apples to oranges. I'm certain this Mnuchin individual did contribute $400k, however saying the typical cronyism is less shall we say "generous" is simply false. You're comparing what was likely his total "donation" to only "donations" for previous administrations tied to public records. Suffice to say, Obama was putting a much higher price on his cabinet seats than just that $2700 or whatever the relevant individual FEC limit was at the time.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 17 2016, @06:19PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 17 2016, @06:19PM (#442476)

    > however saying the typical cronyism is less shall we say "generous" is simply false.

    Well you are encouraged to provide proof for these claims.
    Oh, that's right you have none. Just hand-waving bullshit that is so insubstantial that it can't be disproven.
    Convenient as hell, eh?