Turns out that Ben Carson is getting advice on energy policy from coal plant owner T. Boone Pickens. He’ll presumably ask for legalized bribes (campaign contributions) in exchange for political favors such as tax cuts, subsidies, and loopholes. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

“Texas energy investor T. Boone Pickens has taken an interest in Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, with both men sharing similar views on energy policy, aides say.

Carson, a retired neurosurgeon who has surged to second place among Republican presidential candidates in national polls, impressed the GOP mega-donor when they met in September 2014 in Pickens’s Dallas offices, according to a spokesman for the wealthy Texan.”*

Read more here: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/…