born after the iranian revolution the so called charity foundations confiscated assets from the fleeing royal family, existing businesses and ordinary iranians. in many cases powerful clerics used them as their own o personal slush funds. importing goods without paying taxes. and then the alagard. the 200 to 300 families they are just hugely wealthy. not billionaires yet but a lot of people with multimillions. the system is kept in place by the iran fist of iran s revolution guard corps. the so called protectors of the iranian regime. the irgy and iranian elite have for many years purchased and sought the finest of western goods. because of petro dollars they had the ability to purchase
born after the iranian revolution the so called charity foundations confiscated assets from the fleeing royal family, existing businesses and ordinary iranians. in many cases powerful clerics used them as their own o personal slush funds. importing goods without paying taxes. and then the alagard. the 200 to 300 families they are just hugely wealthy. not billionaires yet but a lot of people with multimillions. the system is kept in place by the iran fist of iran s revolution guard corps. the so called protectors of the iranian regime. the irgy and iranian elite have for many years purchased and sought the finest of western goods. because of petro dollars they had the ability to purchase
own finances. but, the obama campaign, as the romney campaign, they are looking to microtarget any issues that could lead to bigger issues down the line. neil: but they make you question that the wealth is by nefarious means or ill gotten gains but manage is not right so they make you doubt where the wealth came from, right? guest: a lot of people do not realize the history of the president and if you look bat since 1900 there have only been three presidents whose net worth is less than $1ion: wilson, truman, and coolidge. most presidents worth is not only in the millions but the multimillions and you have had presidents like john kennedy and the bushes and roosevelts that had mega wealth coming into office. neil: and this morning with my staff john kennedy in 1960 they wondered how they could wager a campaign against nixon
david axelrod and republican national committee chairman reince priebus. also spending cuts, tax cuts, and what do women want in 2012 with senators barbara boxer and kay bailey hutchison. plus, an exclusive interview with nato secretary-general anders faux rasmussen and the exit of afghanistan. and chewing over the week with jeff zell mi and cnn congressional correspondent dana bash. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. vice president biden questioned mitt romney s business credentials on the stump. the obama re-elect team pumped out a small buy ad with a big bite attacking bain capital, the equity firm romney founded. they made as much money off it as they could, and they closed it down, they filed for bankruptcy without any concern for the families or the communities. like a vampire. they came in and sucked the life out of us. within hours camp romney was up with a web ad of its own and a story of its own. sti almost never got started. when other
axelrod and republican national committee chairman reince priebus. also spending cuts, tax cuts, and what do women want in 2012 with senators barbara boxer and kay bailey hutchison. plus, an exclusive interview with nato secretary-general anders fogh rasmussen on the exit of afghanistan. and chewing over the week with jeff zeleny of the new york times and cnn congressional correspondent dana bash. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. while vice president biden questioned mitt romney s business credentials on the stump, the obama re-elect team pumped out a small buy ad with a big bite attacking bain capital, the equity firm romney founded. they made as much money off it as they could, and they closed it down, they filed for bankruptcy without any concern for the families or the communities. like a vampire. they came in and sucked the life out of us. within hours, camp romney was up with a web ad of its own and a story of its own. sti almost ne