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Coincel_pro t1_jc1xsbh wrote

Reply to comment by PigpenMcKernan in Rolling Stone: A Top House Democrat Peaces Out on the Gerontocracy by Beezlegrunk

You have a valid argument, but also the counter is that:

  1. He could do more for RI in DC than at the RI Foundation.
  2. The last RI Foundation leaders salary paid about 5x more than what Cicilline gets paid in congress.

We will probably never know the actual truth on this, but I've generally always believed that anyone who seeks power and money will do more to achieve those ends than simple altruism.

I have a strong distrust for authority in general so that does color my argument (and disbelief that Cicilline is doing this for noble purposes).

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