Political Pension Payola . . . .

It appear$ that political capital i$ received all 'round the world after leaving office.

From Reuters today:

Tony Blair to join JPMorgan
Wed Jan 9, 2008 8:48pm EST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair is expected on Thursday to join U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase & Co Inc as a senior adviser, according to a person familiar with the situation.

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Details of Blair's duties with JPMorgan, the third largest U.S. bank, were not immediately available.

Blair's predecessor, John Major, joined a U.S. finance company after leaving 10 Downing Street.

After leaving office, Major joined U.S. private equity firm The Carlyle Group in 1998 amid that company's big push into the European market.

$illy me.

I thought thi$ was a uniquely American tradition.

Yeah, right . . . .