Why did Enron support Bush in the 2000 Presidential Election?
April 1999 Ken Lay sends letters to executives asking for contributions to the Bush campaign, including what some call a menacing reference to compensation as highly paid employees. More than 100 other Enron executives, and many spouses, will give “hard money” contributions to Bush, much of it during the campaign’s critical early money phase. Some will acknowledge in interviews that they gave solely because they got Lay’s pointed letter. The contributions help Lay fulfill his commitment as a Bush “Pioneer,” the campaign’s term for its top rainmakers. Bush will collect nearly $114,000 in individual and political action committee contributions from Enron in 1999-2000 (“Hard Money, Strong Arms And ‘Matrix'”, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51802-2002Feb9.html ) July 4, 1999: With the chances of a pipeline deal with the Taliban looking increasingly unlikely, the US government (Clinton) finally issues an executive order prohibiting commercial transactions with the Taliban. [E
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