As prominent conservative writer Peter Schweizer put it in his 2013 book, “Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets,” for many members of Congress the leadership PAC has effectively become “a second personal bank account.”
Peter Schweizer, the President of the Government Accountability Institute, was a featured speaker at the Brookings Institute’s campaign finance summit in January, noting, “increasingly today the problem is more one of extortion, that the challenge not so much from businesses that are trying to influence politicians, although that certainly happens, but that businesses feel and…
Peter Schweizer talked about his life and career and responded to viewer calls and questions. His many books include Clinton Cash, Extortion, and Throw Them All Out.
On December 4th, 2013 Peter Schweizer discusses his new book ‘Extortion’ with Diane Rehm during an interview on her show on NPR. To View More Information on this Interview, Click Here
“It is common knowledge at this point that Washington D.C. is not the most moral place on earth, and on radio this morning Glenn was joined by Peter Schweizer, author of Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets, to talk more about the corruption in our government.” To Read…
“On Wednesday, Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and Government Accountability President Peter Schweizer shocked conservative talk radio host Mark Levin with revelations from his New York Times best-selling book, Extortion, prompting Levin to say Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department was reminiscent of the old Soviet Union and worse than the mafia.” To Read the Full Article, Click Here. To…
“In his new book, Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes and Line Their Own Pockets, author Peter Schweizer tells the shocking truth about how lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been creating their own secret, private slush funds. How do they pay for them? Schweizer says they do it by shaking down…
“Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer’s new bombshell book, Exortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets, will debut next week at #8 on the New York Times bestseller list.” To Read the Full Article, Click Here.
“The explosive growth in government regulations impose huge costs on productive activities. The arbitrary way in which they are enforced causes more insidious damage. It corrodes the rule of law and creates serious distrust on the merits of winners and losers in the market place. In addition, this “arbitrary” enforcement does not take place…