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She is for sale, and apparently worth the money.

afarrell 10y ago
For sale to whom? The software industry is among the richest industries in the US. Who could possibly out-bid them? Apple has $38 Billion in liquid assets [1]. Facebook has $18 Billion [2]. Amazon has $20 Billion [3]. Alphabet (fka Google) has $73 Billion [4]. Microsoft has $102 Billion [5]. In the last quarter of 2015, the largest companies by market capitalization were Apple, Alphabet, and Microsoft [6]. [1] https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/cash_on_hand [2] https://ycharts.com/companies/FB/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/FB/cash_on_hand [3] https://ycharts.com/companies/AMZN/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/AMZN/cash_on_hand [4] https://ycharts.com/companies/GOOG/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/GOOG/cash_on_hand [5] https://ycharts.com/companies/MSFT/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/MSFT/cash_on_hand [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by_market_capitalization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by...
- Spooky23 10y ago
  Her husband runs one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the country, if not the world. Whatever money tech companies throw into the kitty, it pales in comparison to the wealth, patronage and influence that real estate has on politics. Real estate fuels political machinery -- generates lots of fees for lawyers and accountants, lots of bullshit jobs for dumb brothers in law, etc. It's also a lucrative business -- her husbands firm stands to make $1B selling post office property alone via an exclusive contract.
  - smartbit 10y ago
    > her husbands firm stands to make $1B selling post office property alone via an exclusive contract. Details?
    - snomad 10y ago
      I don't have a link specifically to his real estate deals, but here is an article from a very liberal newspaper in 2010 discussing her husband and corruption https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/billion-dollar-baby/content?oid=1443744 https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/billion-dollar-baby/co...
  - WildUtah 10y ago
    Feinstein promoted a scam artist and put her in charge of her campaign treasury. That lady did the same to Feinstein as Feinstein does to the federal budget and all the money disappeared. Feinstein just refilled tens of millions of dollars with her husband's personal check. No sweat. Even Google money means nothing to her. She's like Donald Trump, ignorant and totally exempt from consequences, except instead of blundering she's deliberately evil. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/13/local/la-me-campaign-fraud-20110913 http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/13/local/la-me-campaign...

For sale to whom? The software industry is among the richest industries in the US. Who could possibly out-bid them? Apple has $38 Billion in liquid assets [1]. Facebook has $18 Billion [2]. Amazon has $20 Billion [3]. Alphabet (fka Google) has $73 Billion [4]. Microsoft has $102 Billion [5]. In the last quarter of 2015, the largest companies by market capitalization were Apple, Alphabet, and Microsoft [6]. [1] https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/cash_on_hand [2] https://ycharts.com/companies/FB/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/FB/cash_on_hand [3] https://ycharts.com/companies/AMZN/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/AMZN/cash_on_hand [4] https://ycharts.com/companies/GOOG/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/GOOG/cash_on_hand [5] https://ycharts.com/companies/MSFT/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/MSFT/cash_on_hand [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by_market_capitalization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by...

Spooky23 10y ago
Her husband runs one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the country, if not the world. Whatever money tech companies throw into the kitty, it pales in comparison to the wealth, patronage and influence that real estate has on politics. Real estate fuels political machinery -- generates lots of fees for lawyers and accountants, lots of bullshit jobs for dumb brothers in law, etc. It's also a lucrative business -- her husbands firm stands to make $1B selling post office property alone via an exclusive contract.
- smartbit 10y ago
  > her husbands firm stands to make $1B selling post office property alone via an exclusive contract. Details?
  - snomad 10y ago
    I don't have a link specifically to his real estate deals, but here is an article from a very liberal newspaper in 2010 discussing her husband and corruption https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/billion-dollar-baby/content?oid=1443744 https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/billion-dollar-baby/co...
- WildUtah 10y ago
  Feinstein promoted a scam artist and put her in charge of her campaign treasury. That lady did the same to Feinstein as Feinstein does to the federal budget and all the money disappeared. Feinstein just refilled tens of millions of dollars with her husband's personal check. No sweat. Even Google money means nothing to her. She's like Donald Trump, ignorant and totally exempt from consequences, except instead of blundering she's deliberately evil. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/13/local/la-me-campaign-fraud-20110913 http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/13/local/la-me-campaign...