Reached at his home, Rep. Grayson exploded, “Those mothereffers! They stole all that money I worked SO hard to steal from the citizens of this country.” “You all don’t realize just how damned hard it is to gin up $18 million off of a $174,000 yearly salary.” “Somebody’s goddamn head is gonna roll over this!”
Could not have happened to a better guy/
Then I will have a good old belly laugh.
Then I will play the violin again and have another laugh.
This will be repeated until I fall asleep. . . .
Money laundering.
Proves there is a God.
"Where does he get all that money?"
I answered this question on a duplicate thread in length. Here it is in a nutshell....
He plays the stockmarket and has for years. Undoubtedly all House members who want to be filthy rich are doing the same thing.
Sometime ago, and very quietly, congress passed a bill EXEMPTING members and EVEN THEIR STAFFS from benefitting from insider trading. "Insider trading" was formerly a crime....and it still is for you and me. Insider trading was involved in sending Martha Stewart into the Club Fed slammer for a stay.
Congressmen get inside tips on the stock market all the time from lobbyists, bankers, Wall Street traders and businessmen in return for quiet minor or major favors.
This is why when congresscritters leave DC for good, most of them are millionaires, although most came into office figuratively with pocket change.
This is why old political hacks in DC they never retire till they are carried out feet first.....or their little grey cells are no longer running on all six.
Leni
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