Originally Posted by kane

Mostly though they use the contacts they make in politics to cash in later. Bush actually makes 1million a year. Clinton made 500K, Bush got a raise and whoever is next will get another raise. When he leaves the white house he will get paid a huge chunk of cash to write a book or two and he can really cash in on the lecture circuit. Clinton makes around 100-150K to show up and speak at an event. Other politicians will use these connections for jobs. Dick Cheney is a great example. Before he was Vice President he was Sec Defense under Bush Sr and before that he was a Representative. He took his connections at the pentagon as Sec Defense and parlayed them into a CEO job for Halliburton. They wanted a Washington insider to run the company and he was a perfect fit. I don't know what he made as Sec Defense, but it was nowhere near the 12+million a year he made running Halliburton.