Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   do Americans want to know how Billions are stolen? Date:   12/18/2019 10:41:31 AM (updated 12/18/2019 10:45:06 AM)

Oh I can assure you that they were way smarter than that and Obama used cutouts.  They will just claim it was coincidence that the publisher that got hundreds of millions from the Federal goverment for Common Core gave the Obama's tens of millions in an advance for a book.  I frankly think this is SOP with the government and one of many reasons why becoming an elected official is like winning the lottery.  It is interesting that this is the largest advance ever for a former President and while I think the book will sell a lot of copies I would surprised if it turns out to be a money maker for them.  Even the Vox article discussing the deal expressed skepticism that it would be a good investment.....of course they didn't take into account all the money they made with their contract with the government.