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Some Say Late Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s Widow Should Forgo ($175,000) Death Benefits (/gift)
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| 10/17/13
Posted on 10/19/2013 3:29:38 PM PDT by Libloather
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Benefit - or tax-free gift from the taxpayers?
Lawmakers under fire for $174,000 TAX FREE gift to widow of millionaire senator
The tax-free payment for the surviving relatives of members of Congress is a time-honored perk of public service in Washington. The gift is equal to the member's annual salary at their time of death, which in the New Jersey Democrat's case, was $174,000. The payment is written into the appropriations bill that has been approved by the House of Representatives. If the payment is approved by the Senate, as is expected, it would bring the total amount that Congress has given the families of deceased lawmakers to $2.6 million over the past decade, Fox News reports.
To: Libloather
That needs to stop. These people are making an obscene amount of money when you add up all the benefits.
To: Libloather
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posted on
10/19/2013 3:33:20 PM PDT
by
Paine in the Neck
(Is John's moustache long enough YET?)
To: McGavin999
That needs to stop. These people are making an obscene amount of money when you add up all the benefits.And all the lobbists under-the-table bribes and what ever they can steal.
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posted on
10/19/2013 3:36:10 PM PDT
by
Parmy
To: Libloather
No member’s survivors should get a dime. We can’t afford it.
To: Parmy
Don’t forget the insider investment trading, something that is criminal in the private sector but permitted in DC.
To: smoothsailing
They don’t even deserve a damn pension.
To: Libloather
It’s all part of the ‘clean’ CR that Obama demanded.
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posted on
10/19/2013 3:38:21 PM PDT
by
Hoodat
(BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
To: Libloather
... some New Jersey residents felt that Lautenberg earned it for his family.And those are the people who keep electing Democrats.
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posted on
10/19/2013 3:38:37 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("The heart of the matter is God's love. It always has been. It always will be."~Abp. Chaput)
To: smoothsailing
They don’t have insurance? What is with these people being unable to plan?
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posted on
10/19/2013 3:43:20 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
( 1-800-318-2596, Mr President.)
To: a fool in paradise
No pension for anyone who serves more than two terms.
To: Libloather
He provided services to people while he was here. Hes entitled to it. He should get it, Innocent Anyanw said.I don't think I could go through life named "Innocent Anyanw."
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posted on
10/19/2013 3:44:48 PM PDT
by
OldPossum
("It's" is the contraction of "it" and "is"; think about its implications.)
To: Vermont Lt
They do plan. They plan to take as much of your money as the laws allow, and they make the laws.
To: OldPossum
A Christian from Africa, speaking of people who vote Democrat.
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posted on
10/19/2013 3:47:52 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("The heart of the matter is God's love. It always has been. It always will be."~Abp. Chaput)
To: McGavin999
How wonderful that they passed this benefit in a congressional bill, as if it ccould not wait to go thru channels.
There are vets and vets' widows, of which I am one waiting 2 to 3 years for VA to get around to paying their benefits. We are waiting around for amounts like 800, 1200 per month, etc.
Meanwhile, VA has used hundreds of tax payer paid workers to work on VA union matters.
Can someone tell me WHAT in govt. works anymore for the people?
I beliee we are just drones to upkeep the elite.
vaudinev
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posted on
10/19/2013 3:54:33 PM PDT
by
vaudine
To: Libloather
Yes he deserves a gift but more on the order of urination on his grave.
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posted on
10/19/2013 3:59:02 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: vaudine
Yes and good drones don’t need to be re-educated in the camps.
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posted on
10/19/2013 4:00:15 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Tax-chick
Widow Lautenberg is rich as Croesus like her wealthy hypocrite gungrabbing hubby.
This is obscene!
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posted on
10/19/2013 4:04:25 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
To: Libloather
I don’t think Widow Lautenberg should be denied the benefit because she is rich.
But I agree that the various benefits that all Senators and Congresscritters get are far larger than they should be.
And that’s not even including all the kickbacks and money under the table.
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10/19/2013 4:35:17 PM PDT
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posted on
10/19/2013 4:50:23 PM PDT
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