how much money is Bush making off the war?

Question

why dont we write the journalist to ask them to ask Bush on his next television interview "how much money are you making from your affiliations with other groups are you making off the war in Iraq?" " and is that the real reason why you don't want to pull out of Iraq?"

Answer 1

I think there should be a Congressional investigation into this very matter. I think if you follow the money trail through the oil company's and the military vender's that you would find many opportunity's to ask questions of Bush.

Answer 2

Every person upon taking the presidency places his investments in a blind trust. Until he leaves office another person manages his investments for him without informing him as to where the money has been invested.

The only information a serving President is given is how much money he made (or lost) at tax time.

Sad that you are so blinded by hatred that you never bothered to check facts.

Answer 3

No one can or will ever know that because all the money he and Cheney have been making from the war in Iraq are all going to off-shore banks, most probable in Dubai along with Haliiburton (sic).

Answer 4

A lot of money through his father who is involved in the Carlyle
Group the largest privet investment company ever. they make millions on defense contracting

Carlyle's Way

Making a mint inside "the iron triangle" of defense, government and industry.
December 11, 2001

Like everyone else in the United States, the group stood transfixed as the events of September 11 unfolded. Present were former secretary of defense Frank Carlucci, former secretary of state James Baker III, and representatives of the bin Laden family. This was not some underground presidential bunker or Central Intelligence Agency interrogation room. It was the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C., the plush setting for the annual investor conference of one of the most powerful, well-connected, and secretive companies in the world: the Carlyle Group. And since September 11, this little-known company has become unexpectedly important.

That the Carlyle Group had its conference on America's darkest day was mere coincidence, but there is nothing accidental about the cast of characters that this private-equity powerhouse has assembled in the 14 years since its founding. Among those associated with Carlyle are former U.S. president George Bush Sr., former U.K. prime minister John Major, and former president of the Philippines Fidel Ramos. And Carlyle has counted George Soros, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud of Saudi Arabia, and Osama bin Laden's estranged family among its high-profile clientele. The group has been able to parlay its political clout into a lucrative buyout practice (in other words, purchasing struggling companies, turning them around, and selling them for huge profits)--everything from defense contractors to telecommunications and aerospace companies. It is a kind of ruthless investing made popular by the movie Wall Street, and any industry that relies heavily on government regulation is fair game for Carlyle's brand of access capitalism. Carlyle has established itself as the gatekeeper between private business interests and U.S. defense spending. And as the Carlyle investors watched the World Trade towers go down, the group's prospects went up.

Answer 5

HALF our taxes go to paying company's to make equipment and all.for the military,and pay the troops,Half,so that is like how much most country's spend on all there expenditures,total, it is the mighty war machine that basically controls as lot of what goes on in the Federal government.workings, that's for sure, your right.
since we have 5000nukes i don't think we need all that spent out especially since we could make this into a truly great country if we spent it on the people and not on businesses,even though we have all those nukes, bush wishes to make more to replace the ones we have? that's just more ways to spend more money needlessly.we should stop making war on other country's ,and if they get out of hand simply bomb them till they stop doing whatever evil thing they do, but not kill so many as we have in Iraq, over half a million dead Iraqis now so far? that's horrible, so many baby's and old people dead, for what reason?we shouldn't try to control the world, for the pleasure and profit of the elite who control this government,
the war of civilizations is coming, i am moving to the hills i do believe.and get as self sufficient as i can.beware, stay aware, prepare.
and bush is not getting rich.but his people are
the sheeple people of this country will never do anything but baaa baaa baaa baaa .and they know it.
because most people remember Kent state.and all the times someone says they dont like what there doing.
when confronted with a rifle from a milatar y man in your front yard ,are nations capital,most people will do as there told.
May God Bless America, we need it.

Answer 6

You need to learn that it is better to keep your mouth and let the world think you are an idiot than to open it and prove it to the whole world. You put proof with your question and you might find out your own answer with out putting it on here.

Answer 7

LOL. Bush's last name alone is money, why would he make money off this war? he cannot anyway that is against federal law and i doubt he is and you do it otherwise you would have solid proof?

Answer 8

Are you really that stupid? Have you ever had a civics lesson? The President of the US has no clue as to what his holdings are. They are in a blind trust. I suggest you do your homework before you try to smear someone. You have made yourself look rather dumb.

Answer 9

Let's vote on who got those BILLIONS of 'LOST' tax-payer dollars. Are we so brain-dead we let things like this slip by--BILLIONS of lost money?? I heard Bush $20mil+ Cheney $94mil last count.

Answer 10

do you really think congress would let that happen , if that were the case we would know about it . please stop watching micheal moore movies