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Jackson Jr. won’t resign until he gets disability pay: EXCLUSIVE
fox ^ | 11/3 | fox

Posted on 11/15/2012 10:29:37 AM PST by RummyChick

Edited on 11/15/2012 10:31:25 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Sources tell FOX 32 News that Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is willing to give up his 2nd Congressional District seat if he's given disability when he steps down.

Jackson Jr. was re-elected to his tenth term but last month, sources say, he applied for a disability package--what could be his only income if he resigns. It is expected to take a couple of weeks for Congress to approve or deny the request.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 112th; il2012; jackson; jjj; mentalillness; shakedownartist
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1 posted on 11/15/2012 10:29:43 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

I thought he had a beer distributorship ... or am i confusing him with someone else?


2 posted on 11/15/2012 10:33:24 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: RummyChick

Just think - if he was able to purchase Bammer’s seat - all of this would be swept under the rug and he’d be cured of his depression!


3 posted on 11/15/2012 10:33:32 AM PST by capydick (''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
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To: RummyChick

He can’t be expected to work like a mere citizen.


4 posted on 11/15/2012 10:33:53 AM PST by HogsBreath
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To: RummyChick

It’s always and forever will be about
government handouts to destroy the
system.

Newsweak was right:

“We’re all socialists now”

Like it or not.


5 posted on 11/15/2012 10:34:07 AM PST by WKTimpco (Traditional Values Counter Revolution)
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To: RummyChick

Shakedown Junior.


6 posted on 11/15/2012 10:34:15 AM PST by llevrok (I haven't left America. It left me.)
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To: RummyChick

Put the sleezy b**t*rd in jail where he belongs.


7 posted on 11/15/2012 10:34:31 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: RummyChick

Another Jackson shake down. That apple didn’t fall far from the tree. He’ll be living large on the taxpayers’ dime for decades. Guess he wasn’t in Congress long enough to steal his “fair share”.


8 posted on 11/15/2012 10:34:42 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: RummyChick
Well,well,well....not only was Junior trying to avoid the US Attorney but was also trying to get *more* of my tax money.Un....bleepin’....believable.Well,on second thought it's *completely* believable.But if he's convicted of a felony there's gotta be a way for his government pension to be taken away from him.But then his slimy Chicago lawyers probably already have that covered.
9 posted on 11/15/2012 10:35:47 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Benghazi: What Did Baraq Know And When Did He Know It?)
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To: RummyChick

He only wants that which he promised his constituents. Somebody gotta pay!


10 posted on 11/15/2012 10:36:17 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: RummyChick

just a little walkin’ around money to tie him over til he’s fully engaged in the fambly bidness


11 posted on 11/15/2012 10:36:55 AM PST by bigbob
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To: RummyChick

The guy just can’t imagine life without gubermint cheese.


12 posted on 11/15/2012 10:37:44 AM PST by glorgau
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To: WKTimpco

Just another 47%er....


13 posted on 11/15/2012 10:38:29 AM PST by Dubh_Ghlase (Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Typical drug-addled democrat pauppet blackman. Send him to Guam and let him tip the Island over dontchaknow.


14 posted on 11/15/2012 10:39:06 AM PST by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: RummyChick

The House should vote on whether or not to give Jackson disability pay.


15 posted on 11/15/2012 10:40:16 AM PST by Mashood
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To: RummyChick

I don’t understand. Does Congress offer special disability packages? I am certain this wackjob is eligible for SSI.


16 posted on 11/15/2012 10:43:29 AM PST by Jean S
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To: Gay State Conservative
he's obviously crazy ~ he's a Democrat after all ~ but the deal is that his disability pay would be based on a percentage of his current income until he was required by age to convert to federal retirement.

If he were to simply leave office at the age of 47, his max would be 34% of his high three ~ which might seem like a fair amount of money, but he's not going to be living in your better parts of Chicago in the future!

He can't draw regular retirement until he's 57 anyway.

17 posted on 11/15/2012 10:44:29 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: Dubh_Ghlase

He can apply like any other Civil Service worker. Congress should wash their hands clean of this lying, thieving SOB.
So that’s where his “depression” came from. If I had a federal indictment handing over my head I’d be depressed too.
If the republicans cave into to this crook and give him a FULL PENSION (same as his salary) wipe your hands clean of the entire Congress, because they are as corrupt as hell.


18 posted on 11/15/2012 10:44:32 AM PST by NKP_Vet
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To: RummyChick

He wants his reparations!


19 posted on 11/15/2012 10:45:07 AM PST by South40 ("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." - Barack Hussein Obama - Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009.)
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To: Liberty Valance

His father doesn’t share his beer or his white bitches!


20 posted on 11/15/2012 10:46:05 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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