Pine Island Capital's Tom Daschle came up with the idea for Senators Bernie Sanders and Lindsey Graham to debate in a faux Senate chamber. Pine Island Capital is the private equity underwriter that produced the top two cabinet members in the Biden White House.
It's not Daschle's first PEU gig.
Daschle in 2005 became a consultant and chairman of the Executive Advisory Board at InterMedia Advisors. Based in New York City, InterMedia Advisors is a private equity firm founded in part by longtime Daschle friend and Democratic fundraiser Leo Hindery
That same year he began his professional relationship with InterMedia 2005, Daschle began using the services of Hindery's car and driver.
The Cadillac and driver were never part of Daschle's official compensation package at InterMedia but Mr. Daschle -- who as Senate majority leader enjoyed the use of a car and driver at taxpayer expense -- didn't declare their services on his income taxes, as tax laws require.
During the vetting process to become HHS secretary, Daschle corrected the tax violation, voluntarily paying $101,943 in back taxes plus interest.
The greed and leverage boys hate paying taxes.
Tom Daschle is highly skilled at the insider money game. Any debate he's pushing is front stage diversion so the public won't see what's happening in the shadows.
