Hat tip to Michigan Liberal.
I saw this diary and thought it should be brought over here...http://www.michiganliberal.com/...
I went looking into DeVos' limited (very limited) campaign financial disclosure listing all his holdings and donations. Among others, I took "RDV Corp" to Google, and found out some...interesting things.
According to the
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,RDV Corp is the "investment vehicle for the DeVos family" that owns a significant stake in a company called Alterra.
Alterra recently went through bankruptcy,so I guess it wasn't a very good investment, but it's a BAD investment for some pretty horrifying reasons. Alterra is in the nursing home business, and that business has been skirting federal laws and cutting corners for years.
According to the SEC, DeVos has $173 million invested in this company.
Now, this was funny when Homer threatened to put Grandpa Simpson "in the crooked home we saw on 60 minutes" but this is NOT funny. Read this USA Today article "Sexual assaults haunt families of elderly victims" if you can stomach it. Among the abuse there was at least one death due to abuse and neglect, which was not reported to the authorities.
You can follow these links. Just to be clear: I draw no conclusions, I just followed the money. The facts should speak for themselves.