Posted on 04/02/2025 4:03:59 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Elon Musk is right that some of our wealthy “public servants” need to have their puzzling finances scrutinized.
An old saw says that whatever is sauce for the goose is also sauce for the gander. Of course, in D.C., that has never been true. If you are in the seat of power, you are untouchable. This explains the revulsion that middle earth (flyover country) has for Mordor on the Hudson. “Why can they get away with things we would go to jail for?” One of those things is getting rich in a job that shouldn’t generate that kind of wealth.
Perhaps the difference between ordinary citizen geese and politician ganders is best exemplified by the not-inconsiderable fear ordinary citizens experience when an envelope with an IRS return address appears in their mailbox. As ads for IRS “fixers” say, the IRS is the world’s most feared collection agency. They are judge, jury, and executioner, aimed firmly at your wallet.
Of course, the first step is simple. Meet with the nice IRS agent. He’ll go over your records, show you where you’ve stiffed Uncle Sam, and politely “request” that you pay up. If you don’t, things will become rather unpleasant. Your paycheck may suddenly shrink, or things you thought you owned start disappearing in a tax sale. If it’s bad enough, they’ll push a judge to give you an involuntary change of address. So generous.
This is all so simple that Dems pushed through an ungodly amount of money to add many thousands of new IRS agents. Supposedly, they were to audit the fat cats but, somehow, ordinary folks showed up in their target lists. Dems are never satisfied. They were laundering money through a host of federal agencies, ultimately getting it into their own pockets.
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Start with Pelosi and Schumer.
BTTT
Our local congressman told me that his lifestyle was financed by campaign contributions. House, car, etc. That was in 1967. After he retired, his stepped in and made that seat his own. I think he’s still there.
But the public goes to jail for acting on info. Martha Stewart’s broker went to jail for insider trading and Martha Stewart went to jail for lying to the FBI.
Amazing.
Sorry that is not true.
You are probably right...It did cross my mind it might not be true...I didn’t research it. But honestly, I don’t really care if it is remotely true.
Even if his personal wealth is ten million dollars, it still makes the point. If I slander him by making that point, I think I will sleep okay.
The best I can tell his net is < $1,000,000
Yes. I usually try not to be fast and loose with the facts, but on this, as soon as I saw the graphic with that scumbag’s face on it, I ran with it without even bothering to check it.
I know the downside of that, but I definitely indulged in a slander of laziness. Of course, now that you have informed me, I can’t call it that anymore.
And by the way-I admire you for pointing it out, as I imagine you have as much contempt for the POS as I do, or more. But we all got our weaknesses, and that was mine...:)
During my military career anyone living “beyond their means” was looked at for possible wrongdoing.
If you bought Apple stock instead of every new Apple iPhone and cell phone service, you might be a millionaire. I haven’t done the calculation.
I remember seeing Nvidia in Value Line many years ago.
Microsoft stock has also soared.
Amazon also went up a great deal.
People like Paul Pelosi spend a great deal of time researching investments.
Half of Schumer’s neighboring households might have a member working in the financial industry.
🤔🤔🤔
I hope they all get the Martha Stewart treatment.
Oh ...
"Elon Musk is right that some of our wealthy “public servants” need to have their puzzling finances scrutinized."
Until the people wake up and repeal the 16th Amendment (16A; direct taxes) to get rid of IRS, that amendment has weakened the 4th Amendment (no unreasonable searches and seizures) protections of everybody, including corrupt public servants. In other words, 16A is on Musk's side for scrutinizing the questionable finances of DC crooks imo.
"16th Amendment: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived [emphasis added], without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."
The 16th Amendment is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for organized crime and needs to be repealed along with the 17th Amendment, popular voting for federal senators.
We'll call the repeal amendment Trump's Boston Tea Party II Amendment.
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