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Charlie Rangel's Funky Rental Income Story
NY Post/The Lid ^ | 9/13/09 | The Lid

Posted on 09/13/2009 8:37:07 AM PDT by Shellybenoit

Sometimes there is nothing like a good fantasy, movies like Princess Bride, Wizard of Oz are classics for children and adults alike. Fantasy is not supposed to be a way to describe the reports filed by politician, but in the case of Charlie Rangel, chairman of the house Ways and Means committee fantasy is the only way to describe them.

Much has been written about Rangel's revised financial disclosure form and all that new income that mysteriously turned up in his latest report. One of Rangel's properties that was was shown to earn income in Charlie's revised report, but in the period before the revision, Rangel reported no income, even though there are tenants who claimed they lied in the property and paid rent at the time:

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: charlierangel; felons; fraud; rangel; rentalincome; taxes; waysandmeans

1 posted on 09/13/2009 8:37:09 AM PDT by Shellybenoit
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To: Shellybenoit

How can Rangle keep from going to jail? I suppose he uses the same tax advisers as Daschle and Geitner.


2 posted on 09/13/2009 8:40:56 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: Shellybenoit

This guy makes Spiro Agnew look like an angel. He should be in jail.


3 posted on 09/13/2009 8:42:19 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Shellybenoit

It speaks volumes that he is not in jail. We have a ruling class who are exempt from rules.


4 posted on 09/13/2009 8:54:15 AM PDT by CriticalJ
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To: The Great RJ
How can Rangle keep from going to jail?

Beats me. To hear the slew of supporters shouting "leave Charlie alone" on the local news today left us scratching our heads.

5 posted on 09/13/2009 8:57:43 AM PDT by StarFan
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To: Shellybenoit

bump


6 posted on 09/13/2009 8:59:00 AM PDT by VOA
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To: CriticalJ
"It speaks volumes that he is not in jail. We have a ruling class who are exempt from rules."

Hey, now. Charlie only wrote the tax code; he didn't actually read it.

7 posted on 09/13/2009 9:00:04 AM PDT by Flag_This (ACORN delenda est)
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To: The Great RJ
How can Rangle keep from going to jail?

Simple, he's a Liberal.
If he were a Republican the Left would demand that he resign immediately... and do jail time.
Charlie has the best of both worlds. Suggesting that he's done anything wrong while demanding a consequence makes him a victim and his accuser a racist.

8 posted on 09/13/2009 9:12:26 AM PDT by The Brush
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