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Originally posted by sgtclub
Argument: Teresa is not culpable because she doesn't control her investments (private manager)
Argument: Cheney is not culpable because he doesn't control his investments (blind trust)
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Oversimplification can be a fabulous rhetorical tool, can't it? Gotta love it.
Differences:
Knowledge of investment at time of acquisiton.
Ties to company.
Size of investment in comparison to overall net worth.
Also, Cheney is accused of favoring Halliburton which he may be doing for reasons other than increasing the price of the stock he owns, like, oh, making it up to Halliburton that he fucked shit up when he was heading Halliburton. Keeping his friends fat and happy. Etc. Fed payments to Halliburton have I believe septupled since Bush took office. Halliburton is a good company overall and I believe very, very good at most of the things they do. But it does look like they are getting favored quite a bit.
