Lawmakers under fire for $174,000 TAX FREE gift to widow of millionaire senator
The tax-free payment for the surviving relatives of members of Congress is a time-honored perk of public service in Washington. The gift is equal to the member's annual salary at their time of death, which in the New Jersey Democrat's case, was $174,000. The payment is written into the appropriations bill that has been approved by the House of Representatives. If the payment is approved by the Senate, as is expected, it would bring the total amount that Congress has given the families of deceased lawmakers to $2.6 million over the past decade, Fox News reports.
That needs to stop. These people are making an obscene amount of money when you add up all the benefits.
No member’s survivors should get a dime. We can’t afford it.
It’s all part of the ‘clean’ CR that Obama demanded.
And those are the people who keep electing Democrats.
I don't think I could go through life named "Innocent Anyanw."
Yes he deserves a gift but more on the order of urination on his grave.
I don’t think Widow Lautenberg should be denied the benefit because she is rich.
But I agree that the various benefits that all Senators and Congresscritters get are far larger than they should be.
And that’s not even including all the kickbacks and money under the table.
She should not receive the money.
She could donate the money to a worthy cause and that would be HER decision and a good thing.
What BS. I’m sure the communist had government paid life insurance. Wonder how much THAT paid out?
To give his wife another $174K of taxpayer money is just beyond the pale.
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“Gimme dat! Gimme dat widow’s money!”
What a country...
You’d think she could donate it back to the US. My goodness she must be ancient too.