Lawmakers under fire for $174,000 TAX FREE gift to widow of millionaire senator

dailymail ^ | Oct 16, 2013 | N/A

[Jet Jaguar]

Lautenberg's net worth was estimated at $57 million in 2011

Lawmakers are under fire for awarding a $174,000 tax-free gift to the widow of late Senator Frank Lautenberg when the cash-strapped government can't even pay its own bills.

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.

[Liz]

Speaking of Congress screwing over taxpayers---let us not forget the pol parasites in the Room At The Top.

As one example of the screw-over---Obamacare is nothing more than a trillion dollar slush fund for WH insiders and cronies.

INCONVENIENT FACTOID one story surfaced last week that the same crew that got the $634 million contract for the DOA ObamaCare website were former data/media/social media suckups from the Obama campaign.

INCONVENIENT FACTOID Incudes suckup Toni Townes-Whitley, Senior Vice President at CGI Federal for Civilian Agency programs, Princeton Class of 1985---same dumbed-down class as Michelle Obama. Both are members of Association of Black Princeton Alumni.

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(Sniffle) I'm just afraid good ol' Chicago Val got Carpel-Tunnel Syndrome setting up all those offshore accounts for the Obamatoids......all of 'em salivating over the hundreds of millions of O/care dollars they thought would be pouring in (sob).

Golly, gee. I hope Mrs O did not have to cancel her order for new diamonds---she might actually be forced to wear her old diamonds (wipes away tears).

Mrs O wore her pricey diamond bangles (bought on a govt salary?) at a Texas DNC fund-raiser, attended by "tolerant and compassionate" Dems....raising big bucks to keep Mr O in office so he could work for "the poor."

Mrs O's diamond Gothic cuff was priced at $15,350 set with 2.17 carats in diamonds and the Quatrefoil bracelet at $11,800 set with 1.73 carats in diamonds. (Excerpt) Read more at houston.culturemap.com.

[Cyber Liberty]

“Under fire?” Is this some kind of a joke? They’re popping champagne bottles, I hardly call it “under fire.”

[sickoflibs]

Did ya see that McConnell nailed a big earmark for his state to the surrender CR bill?

[Liz]

Saw it.

[mdwakeup]

A lot more than 87 voted for it. It was in every version of the continuing resolution that the House passed and sent to the Senate.

[PGalt]

BIG GOVERNMENT IS CRONY SOCIALISM

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