It's like passing a tax law... Or contribution laws... or Ethics law... LOL... Only honest people abide...
$34,000: the
amount of federal taxes Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner
(D) failed to pay during his employment at the
International Monetary Fund despite
receiving extra compensation and explanatory brochures that
described his tax
liabilities.
$75,000: the
amount of money the head of the powerful tax-writing committee,
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), was forced to report on his taxes
after the discovery he had
not reported income from a Costa Rican rental
property. His excuses for the failure
started with blaming his wife, then his accountant and finally the
fact that he didn't speak Spanish.
$93,000: the
amount of petty cash each
Congressional representative voted to give
themselves in January 2009 during the
height of an economic meltdown.
$133,900: the
amount Fannie Mae "invested" in Chris
Dodd (D-CT), head of the powerful Senate
Banking Committee, presumably to repel oversight of the GSE prior
to its meltdown. Said meltdown helped touch off the current
economic crisis. In only a few years time, Fannie also "invested"
over $105,000 in then-Senator Barack
Obama.
$140,000: the
amount of back taxes and interest Cabinet nominee Tom Daschle (D) was forced
to cough up after the vetting process revealed significant,
unexplained tax
liabilities.
$356,000: the
approximate amount of income and deductions Daschle (D) was forced to report on his amended 2005
and 2007 tax returns after being caught cheating on his
taxes. This includes $255,256 for the use of
a car service, $83,333 in unreported income, and $14,963 in
charitable contributions for which he has no
receipts.
Today,
after his nomination was withdrawn, every Democrat on the
Committee stated they would have voted for him if it had come to a
vote..
$800,000: the
amount of "sweetheart" mortgages Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd
(D-CT) received from Countrywide Financial,
the details for which he has refused to release details despite
months of promises to do so. Countrywide was once the nation's
largest mortgage lender and linked to Government-Sponsored Entities
like Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac. Their meltdown precipitated the current
financial crisis. Just days ago in Pennsylvania, Countrywide was
forced to pay $150,000,000 in mortgage assistance following "a state
investigation that concluded that Countrywide relaxed its
underwriting standards to sell risky loans to consumers who did not
understand them and could not afford
them."
$1,000,000: the
estimated amount of donations by Denise Rich, wife of fugitive
Marc Rich, to Democrat interests and the William J. Clinton
Foundation (his library) in an
apparent quid pro quo
deal that resulted in a pardon for Mr. Rich. The pardon was reviewed
and blessed by now Obama Attorney General and then Deputy AG Eric
Holder, despite numerous requests by government officials to turn it
down.
$12,000,000: the
amount of TARP money provided to
community bank OneUnited despite the fact it
did not qualify for funds, and was "under attack from its
regulators for allegations of poor lending practices and
executive-pay abuses." It turns out Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), a key contributor to the Fannie Mae
meltdown, just happens to be married to one of
the bank's ex-directors.
$23,500,000: The
upper range of net worth Rep. Allan Mollohan (D-WV) accumulated in
four years time according to The Washington
Post through earmarks of "tens of
millions of dollars to groups associated with his own business
partners."
$2,000,000,000: ($2
billion) the approximate amount of money House Appropriations
Chairman David Obey (D-WI) is earmarking related to his son's lobbying
efforts. Craig Obey is "a top lobbyist for the
nonprofit group" that would receive a roughly $2 billion component
of the "Stimulus" package.
$3,700,000,000: ($3.7
billion) not to be outdone, this is the estimated value of various defense contracts awarded to a
company controlled by the husband of Rep. Diane Feinstein
(D-CA). Despite an obvious
conflict-of-interest as "a
member of20the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee,
Sen. Feinstein voted for appropriations worth billions to her
husband's firms
."
$4,190,000,000: ($4.19
billion) the amount of money in the so-called "Stimulus" package
devoted to fraudulent voter registration ACORN
group under the auspices of "Community
Stabilization Activities". ACORN is currently the subject of a RICO suit in
Ohio.
$1,646,000,000,000 ($1.646
trillion): the approximate amount of annual United States
exports endangered by the "Stimulus" package,
which provides a "Buy American" stricture. According to
international trade experts, a "US-EU trade war looms",
which could result in a worldwide economic depression reminiscent of
that touched off by the protectionist Smoot-Hawley
Act.
Michelle
Obama was hired at a Chicago Hospital right after her husband
was elected to the Illinois Senate for a bit above $100,000.
When Obama 20 was elected to the US Senate, her salary was tripled to
more than $300,000 after Senator Obama earmarked many millions of
dollars for the hospital in his short time in the Senate. During the
campaign for President by Obama, Michelle Obama continued to draw her
salary even though not there. When inauguration day came -- and went,
the hospital eliminated her job. The importance of a $300,000 job
can be overstated -- and eliminated.
It's not just a culture of
corruption. It's a culture of corruption and stupidity. And appear to be
above the law. All of the aforementioned clowns (except
Daschle) are still in office, ruling like the royalty they've
become.
