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TeamPooka

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26. Power, profits, power, ego, power. nt

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Tue Jan 5, 2021, 06:40 PM

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stock tips? stillcool Jan 2021 #1

Power is better than money. SoonerPride Jan 2021 #2

This Is A Fab Answer Me. Jan 2021 #12

Yeah, I think once you get a taste of it, PatSeg Jan 2021 #21

Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely Me. Jan 2021 #23

$$$$$$$$$$$$ kimbutgar Jan 2021 #3

Exactly! Nt avebury Jan 2021 #4

Not only insider knowledge, but a position to affect legislation on financial markets. tikka Jan 2021 #32

You answered your own question misanthrope Jan 2021 #5

Power to make money, like most of the GOP. nt Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #6

Status. nt jalan48 Jan 2021 #7

This. Especially in GA. Lochloosa Jan 2021 #10

Power and being zentrum Jan 2021 #8

It's done wonders for her portfolio CanonRay Jan 2021 #9

+ struggle4progress Jan 2021 #29

We paid for her jet... pecosbob Jan 2021 #11

I don't understand people like her either, but there sure are a lot of them. Mike 03 Jan 2021 #13

This is something I will never understand. smirkymonkey Jan 2021 #27

they have no children either (as far as I know) IcyPeas Jan 2021 #14

They still need an 8,000 sqft house localroger Jan 2021 #28

to make more money as that is her nature beachbumbob Jan 2021 #15

Same reason Bill Frist did....watch out for the family fortune. spanone Jan 2021 #16

Never underestimate nasty Anglo people. She loves being nasty....it's in her DNA. walkingman Jan 2021 #17

So she can wear that stupid "country girl" checkered shirt everywhere BlueNProud Jan 2021 #18

The same reason Gollum wants the One Ring apnu Jan 2021 #19

Because she can get inside information Bettie Jan 2021 #20

That's What I Think Too ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #22

Casue she feels entitled to it, just because she married a man of enormous wealth!! RANDYWILDMAN Jan 2021 #24

To further enrich herself and her husband. GoCubsGo Jan 2021 #25

Power, profits, power, ego, power. nt TeamPooka Jan 2021 #26

Closest thing to Aristocracy in America pfitz59 Jan 2021 #30

Seems to have been especially lucrative for her jcgoldie Jan 2021 #31

Because it's the only thing she can't buy COLGATE4 Jan 2021 #33

Vanity Dem4Life1102 Jan 2021 #34

Being in the Senate makes insider trading easier. sarcasmo Jan 2021 #35