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    Re: Implications for us, the ordinary people? More spivs and crooks here? Archived Message

    Posted by Mary on August 2, 2019, 9:22 pm, in reply to "Implications for us, the ordinary people? More spivs and crooks here?"

    From her Register of Interests - TWFY

    Name of donor: American Enterprise Institute
    Address of donor: 1789 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20036, USA

    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights £6,304.38; ground transportation £422.55; lodgings £1,299.25; meals £174.36; total £8,200.54

    Destination of visit: Sea Island, Georgia, USA

    Dates of visit: 7-10 March 2019

    Purpose of visit: To speak at the annual AEI World Forum.
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    The AEI - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute

    'The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, known simply as the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), is a Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank that researches government, politics, economics, and social welfare. AEI is an independent nonprofit organization supported primarily by grants and contributions from foundations, corporations, and individuals.'
    [..]
    'Among the prominent former government officials now affiliated with AEI are: AEI Board of Trustees member Dick Cheney, vice president of the United States under George W. Bush; John R. Bolton, former Ambassador to the United Nations; Lynne Cheney, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities; Paul Wolfowitz, former Deputy Secretary of Defense.'


    Enough said.

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