# Joe Kennedy and Citizen's Energy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-kennedy-and-citizens-energy/433476>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 14, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-kennedy-and-citizens-energy/433476 "2008-01-14T15:16:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sesame\_seed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@sesame\_seed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sesame_seed)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-kennedy-and-citizens-energy/433476/1 "2008-01-14T15:16:13Z")

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Forgive me if this topic has already been discussed (and if it has, providing a link would be greatly appreciated) but I’m extremely curious about the Citizen’s Energy commercials I’ve seen lately.

I want to believe that the goals of this organization are good and worthwhile. I don’t know enough about the topic to make an educated guess… and that’s where you folks (hopefully) come in. What do you know? What do you think? What’s the real story?

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-kennedy-and-citizens-energy/433476/2 "2008-01-14T19:14:19Z")

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…chartered in massachusetts. I have attempted (through my state rep) to get the details (using the FOIA). My rep was told to 'drop it"-you don’t mess around with someone as powerful as joe Kennedy. So the details (financial) of the NP corporation are hidden from public scrutiny. All i know is: Joe pays himself a salary of $850,000/year, which is pretty good for no heavy lifting. his working capital comes fdrom a federal grant (no Kennedy family money at risk, here, here)!

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-kennedy-and-citizens-energy/433476/3 "2008-01-14T21:11:30Z")

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[QUOTE=ralph124c]  
All i know is: Joe pays himself a salary of $850,000/year, which is pretty good for no heavy lifting.  
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Cite?

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**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-kennedy-and-citizens-energy/433476/4 "2008-01-15T16:04:45Z")

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I’ll bump this once. I’d be interested in knowing what Joe gets from this - other than feeling like a swell guy.