Exeter, Yale, Summa Cum Laude Economics and Political Science Phi Beta Kappa and Wolf's Head Society. Captain of Yale soccer team MBA Stanford business, Arjay Miller Scholar
Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Hellman & Friedman.
Founded Farallon Capital, headquartered S.F. engineered "absolute return" investments spread so profit no matter what happens.
Stepped down to focus on political activism. He's tried all his life to organize a 'business voice for advanced energy and he wants to "focus on how to find a way to move the needle in some way having to do with thought or policy. And I don't know what shape that's going to take"
Successful person, wants to do good. Made billions. Gives millions. Now gives millions to political causes.
This is what drives the right insane. They are all for advanced energy as you know but against government picking winners and losers. Too much room for graft. Invites graft. But Tom Steyer, billionaire, wants to do good things. He is frankly, obsessed. He will use his talents which are considerable and his connections and his money to bring this about. He knows his best shot is to involve government. To use public money in his personal/public obsession to parlay his personal wealth into government programs that he cannot do by himself before he leaves this Earth. His best shot at government is by Democrat Party not Republican Party so he hooks up with Democrats and now holds court in Senate all-night session on global warming. This drives the right insane.
If you're care to, here's how they talk:
I didn't read that. I know what it says, that was recapped, I think what it didn't say is more important.
Here's the thing. We know Tom, I'll call Mr. Styer Tom, since he wants to use all our money for his obsession and it seems he really doesn't care what form that takes as long as it "moves the needle" "in thought or in policy" those are fairly vague goals for a number man, don't you think? Can Tom be more specific than that? You don't make billion dollars by being clever and hold ill defined goals such as these
I don't buy it.
He wants to change government. Permanently. To advance his cause of environmentalism. Forever. He offers vague goals and a whole lot of money. To Democrats. He is distorting our political system with his money, he has plans, clear plans and he offers us agreeable innocent anodyne vagueness.
With those vague goals I can proclaim them already achieved, Tom Steyer, the needle has already moved and your money and your graft and your personal influence on Democrat politicians has already affected thought and already affected policy. Well done!
So now I move to what caught my attention about this thing in the first place.I sent this post in an email to friends and I was told to post it. So I am. Apologies if this shocks you but it how I talk to my friends. We take a nasty turn to depravity after the dealio.
