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Los Angeles Salesman Pays $32,400 To Lobby Obama For Two Minutes

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(USA TODAY) — A Los Angeles car salesman and electric car advocate is shelling $32,400 out of his retirement savings so he can make a pitch directly to President Obama at a "private, off-the-record" Democratic fundraiser next week.

Paul Scott, 60, says he isn't a rich guy. He's a $50,000-a-year Nissan salesman who plans to rub elbows with 24 bigwigs in a private luncheon that he says will put a crimp in his retirement plans.

But he says the goal is worthwhile. He wants to make a few points to Obama about on how to better support electric cars — a cause that Obama already embraces — and thought the private audience would be fine way to do it.

So when a soliciation came for the fundraiser, Scott says he was told that he's get a chance sometime over the luncheon to offer his advice directly to the President. "That was something I had to confirm before I wrote the check," Scott says. At least two minutes, probably no more than four, he says he was told.

Los Angeles Salesman Pays $32,400 To Lobby Obama For Two Minutes
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John Hames