fascinating story coming out a panto daily David Thoreau to do this one as
well
and it's about the jerseys paid to pay paid to play
statute so that says hey listen if you wanna give two politicians
week and then have them turn around to be government contracts in fact let me
read you what it says
it is a compelling interest in this state to prohibit awarding government
contracts the business entities
which are also contributors the candidates political parties
and the whole was a public office now makes a ton of sense that they
written that statute glad to see that my home said New Jersey's trying to keep
people honest
a little bit better than a some other place is certainly on the national level
that's great
well so it wouldn't we now find out about the story over Charles Baker
now he is with General Catalyst partners and
they decide to give some money to chris Christie um
he did specifically according to the records he helped to organize a
high-dollar fundraiser for chris Christie in 2013 and you'll see a ten
thousand dollar contribution
to the New Jersey Republican State Committee now that would be
perfectly fine if General Catalyst partners got nothing in return
soap people who contributions we don't like it here at The Young Turks are all
packed
but that's how things are in this country unfortunately but you can't
according to the laws in New Jersey then get a contract back
policy what wound up happening so the guy
Baker gives a contribution on may seventeenth
of 2011 now that's about two months after he joined
General Catalyst partners right and then what happens on December 8th 2011
well turns out well we look at that Christie's administration is the bill
division investment pitch in a letter at liza del outlining a proposal to commit
$25 million dollars to General Catalyst partners
of course what they're doing is they're taking the pension
all the workers in New Jersey an they are
saying Don't Tell spot let's get sick investor now since they're the ones
investing in there of course gonna make money off of it
in fact what wanna happening eventually so you had initial letter saying we're
given twenty by my nose and then eventually they gave them
fifteen million dollars was committed and another 8.3 million
was in pension money poor 8.3 million oh that was in pension money
so that definitely happen so more could happen because they said
up to twenty-five million dollars is what they want to give them but this is
already happened so
if you just take the money that day jon kalish partners would make of that
a in just one year it would be two hundred thousand dollars
in compensation for that so now remember
the number could be much higher plus thats every single year
well even more though take the most conservative estimate the year for one
year and then they're done
I so let's hurry though money given in the money that they received
so Charles Baker gives 10,000 also New Jersey Republicans
and return his company gets two hundred thousand dollars are being come
at a bare minimum now do you see why we have corruption in this country
cuz you would be crazy not to do that investment
if you have wholesale bribery basically going on
either defacto or in this case against the laws of the state in New Jersey
but nobody's gonna prosecute you and you get all this money who wouldn't do it
so it's up to be lindros paper for that except that it is illegal in New Jersey
so they might want to arrest him
and the people who took the money Asher chris chris is gonna go down that road
now I Charles beakers confronted about this
and when he is he said our own no no no
is that one doesn't apply to me because I didn't really work for General
Catalyst partners
I was quote in executive in residence and that term is made up
that doesn't mean anything pictures the term a made up so they could pretend he
doesn't work there
because otherwise what he did was clearly one hundred percent
illegal prank now in tell you I Charles Baker do something really like that is
actual problem for the republicans in a second so was he really an executive in
residence and hence didn't work there well let's go back to
with Charles Baker I'm so proud on whose Facebook page and then which was also
quoted in the papers
at the time he said when he went to
no work for john tells partners quote I've accepted an offer
to join General Catalyst okay that seems fairly clear
said he was looking forward to quote the chance to invest in
and work with some energetic entrepreneurs
General Catalyst and then he went on to quote
thank the firm's executives for their willingness invest in me
you see that's how it works John Kalisz castro's Baker they invest in him give
him a lot of money
an 8x a small portion that gives it to chris Christie the republicans in New
Jersey
and then all the sudden they invest in general catalyst are we look at that
here goes my favorite part the store Charles Baker turns out
is now running for governor of Massachusetts
she if when general callous investing Charles Baker
not only do they get the by his contributions in New Jersey Inc get
patience directed in their way so they can make money off that
but if you want becomes governor Massachusetts it's at least a double win
for them
my guess is Jill Kelley's will do fairly well the state a Massachusetts as well
if Charles bickers elected governor and then when you ask the
Massachusetts Republican Party what is trials be cross-platform what is you
running a this is their poor he's running to quote
change the culture a corruption
I believe that goes under irony unless of course he means
no we mean to change the culture corruption any increase it
there's not enough culture of corruption we like to add sup
if your republican you think they're working on your behalf
I there were a little guy I
jokes aside you mad joke say they'll all good culture of corruption their knee
deep in the culture of corruption
this is what they do lot democrats do it too
but the republicans have mated their
mean go to move how would we fix
the culture of corruption across the country
the only there was a website
me wat already all live Wallp text back dot com yoni bigger that
by the way Charles Baker should be arrested I'm
that it's clear violation new you in New Jersey
are but big belly to waive it a republican
the you know candidate for the
gubernatorial race in Massachusetts in handcuffs with his
while Asians have campaign finance laws in New Jersey
perhaps not braid what should a yeah
I mean if you broke the law how much more see what they have on you
whether if you you know live in the bathtub of corruption that
our politics is I gonna well walk back deal with it
good news for them we are going to deal with it