I've refered to the prez as King George many times, and in this case, it's even more appropriate. Isaw a story about this on one of the cable news channels and I immediately thought, "this is simply tax farming!" Tax farming is how most monarchs would gather revenue in the past. A certain tax was levied, and to make sure the collector did their job correctly, they got to keep whatever extra they collected. Kings would charge for these offices upfront to gather revenue immediately, as well as in the future. Thus, bureaucracies were staffed by people that could afford them (or inherit them) rather than the best qualified. This is basically what Bush is doing with these fund raisers.
S. heard my comment and extended it evern further, noting that the point of the fund raising was to get face time with the prez, which is totally 17-18th century French court politics. Back then, politics was run by and fore the enrichment of a small elite. The masses were disenfranchised and lots of pointless colonial wars were pursued.
Sounds a lot like today.
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