ZOT! You are being fleeced

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Jim Robinson is taking his supporters for a huge ride. Even though he's using this ancient perl/CGI format(that has changed 3 times in 6 years), there's no way in hell it costs $260,000 a year to run FreeRepublic unless Robinson is paying himself and his family at least $225,000 a year.

https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/budget

Monthly Expenses Bandwidth $2,700 Technical Services 4,000 Administrative 7,500 Legal Expenses 3,000 Estimated Bank Fees, Insurance, Office Expenses, Maintenance and Repairs, Supplies, Travel, misc. 2,200

$2700 a month for bandwidth? What, he has his own dedicated T1/T3 lines?

$48,000 a year for "Technical Services?" You could hire three Indian programmers and a few $1000 a night call girls for that.

$90,000 a year for administrative. That's Jim's salary (not including the amounts he skims from the other expense accounts). I wonder if Jimmy is still getting disability money from the Gov?

Legal expenses of $36,000 a year?!? C'mon. The Washington Post was awarded no money after their successful suit against FreeRepublic. Just cease violating copyright law and FR would have no legal expenses, anyway.

Here's my personal favorite: $26,400 a year for bank fees, insurance, office expenses, maintenance and repairs, supplies, travel and miscellaneous.

Even if you add all that up, it is only $232,800 a year. Read on:

"Free Republic operates on an approximate $260,000 annual budget which includes all equipment costs, bandwidth fees, consulting and labor costs, license fees, insurance, rents, office expenses, advertising, travel, professional fees, and taxes."

Isn't it nice that he can get people to pay for his family vacations and taxes?

Don't believe me? OK, ask Jim Robinson for the actual financial statements he files with the state of California and the IRS and take it to an auditor.

But(and it's a big BUT) because FreeRepublic.com is a *limited liability corporation*, Robinson will chuckle at you and say he doesn't have to release anything to you. Even if you got something from him, I guarantee the auditor would laugh you out the door when he/she reviewed the multi-inflated expense accounts.

[847184727965B]

You are being robbed.

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Cool!

Buy yourself a beer on me, Jim.

I give money voluntarily. The left sucks it out of my paycheck (under threat of imprisonment for non-compliance) to fund their "news" sources, such as NPR and PBS.

I think I'll send Jim another $50.

[Blueflag]

"you are being robbed"

.... um, no.


CYA

[TheBigB]

Todd! Welcome back!

[RonF]

Bullshit. We are paying as much or as little as we wish for what we get here. "The worth of a thing is the price it will bring." All contributions are voluntary and independent of an individual's usage level. If Jim wanted to pay himself $1,000,000 a year, we wouldn't be getting fleeced.

[darkwing104]

Join today just to say that? That is not so nice. Zots to you.

[Prof Engineer]

check reply #2. Priceless

[eureka!]

I hope Jim is making that much. He deserves more...

[theDentist]

(giggle)

[Mears]

I'm robbed every time I buy a pack of cigarettes,and state sanctioned robbery at that.

[Bluegrass Federalist]

I love that. Asnwered with a fundraising post. Stand clear for the ZOT!

[NautiNurse]

Buh bye

[LOC1]

This jerk just joined FR today.

[Fierce Allegiance]

ZOT ALERT CONTIDTION ALPHA!

[EggsAckley]

What's that I hear....?






meow, MEOW!

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Calling the Viking Kitties!

Cleanup on aisle 5!

[dirtboy]

You are being robbed.

I must have missed the part where JimRob held a gun to the head of everyone who donated. Robbery is what you liberals have the government do to us taxpayers.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Thanks for stopping by and enlightening all us morons.

[Fierce Allegiance]