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I'm failing to understand how this excuses the bribe. It's also possible that she's more valuable to Citadel in her current role. They might not want to remove

• Aunche 6y ago
  My point is that you don't dedicate their life to public service, just to purposefully get your former classmates in the private sector, who had always been magnitudes richer than you, even richer. If you did decide to change your mind, your speaking fees would be much more than a couple hundred thousand dollars.
  • aqme28 6y ago
    I agree with that premise but not the conclusion. No one gets into public service in order to enrich others, but one day people wake up and find themselves open to a little bit of corruption.
    • _qulr 6y ago
      Exactly this. Bill Clinton's life goal wasn't to use the Presidency as a stepping stone to wealth. He just wanted to be President, and would probably still be running if there weren't term limits. But once you enter the government, you suddenly realize that people are willing to throw large sums of money at you to become "friends". Even if politicians don't start out corrupt, corruption is hard to avoid while in office.
    • Aunche 6y ago
      Do you have any evidence or is this pure speculation? There are fewer treasury securities and fed chairs than there are CEOs of major financial institution. If they were really bribed, I'd expect the bribes to be much bigger.