Pelosi (& the rest of American) need to be reminded of Rangel and she needs to be asked why she's keeping a person who claims he doesn't know the tax code as the chairman of the ways & means.
Posted on 09/30/2008 9:52:46 PM PDT by Soliton
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has directed nearly $100,000 from her political action committee to her husband's real estate and investment firm over the past decade, a practice of paying a spouse with political donations that she voted to ban last year.
Financial Leasing Services Inc. (FLS), owned by Paul F. Pelosi, has received $99,000 in rent, utilities and accounting fees from the speaker's "PAC to the Future" over the PAC's nine-year history.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Won’t. See. The. Light. Of. Day.
A joint investigation of Nancy Pelosi and Charlie Rangel would sure save some money.
The Pelosi family has a net worth of nearly $19 million as of 2007
corruption at the highest levels!
This woman is an animal.
She must resign.
A Piker compared to Boxer. Check out his defense contracts;
http://digg.com/politics/Sen_Feinstein_s_Iraq_Conflict_Millions_In_Defense_Contracts_To_Husband
Wait, could this be the first shot over the bow? She's failed on all major pieces of legislation. Maybe someone or some group has decided she needs to go in order to save the House for the Donkeys?
Odearlord ... is there no end to their thievery???
Pelosi (& the rest of American) need to be reminded of Rangel and she needs to be asked why she's keeping a person who claims he doesn't know the tax code as the chairman of the ways & means.
Well at least it’s the Washington Times and not Pajama News. Might go somewhere.
The *main* purpose of seeking elected office is to enrich the officeholder and those close to him/her, in many cases. Most other cases are mainly for power itself.
If all the corrupt dealings of congressmen were unveiled, it would rival any third-world assembly, imho, in depth, though obviously congressmen would make quite a bit more.
The “nonpartisan” watchdog group mentioned, CREW, is a lefty ant-Bush organization. It’s founder is Joe Wilson’s attorney and has worked for Shumer, Conyers and Biden.
"There's corruption' everywhere out dair!
"Too much corruptin' goin' on down dair!
"So much corruptin' goin' on down dair, it's even corruptin' me!
""All I know is, that it was corrupt then, and it's exacerbatin' now..."
/Paul Shanklin-Rush Limbaugh impression of the late Fritz Hollings
That’s only for Republicans, silly boy! ;)
I’m beginning to have a whole new understanding of the French Revolution. I owe the french an apology. Perhaps they actually knew what they were doing way back then.
The culture of corruption at its worst.
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