Posted on 01/19/2017 6:33:25 AM PST by KeyLargo
GOP-Hating Rep. John Lewis Didn’t Pay His Real Estate Taxes
Instead of finding fault with the new president, maybe Rep. John Lewis should worry about paying his real estate taxes. The well-paid congressman didn’t pay taxes on his nearly $1 million posh D.C. townhouse on Capital Hill.
Rep. Lewis said Donald Trump isn’t a “legitimate” president, same thing he said about George Bush, but he’s not a legitimate taxpayer.
Public records show he avoided paying property taxes on his DC townhouse at 219 3rd Street SE on Capitol Hill, Got News reported. Click the link for Got News to see the documentation.
It’s a beautiful home! Not cheap!
(Excerpt) Read more at independentsentinel.com ...
A $1,000,000 town house carries a monthly mortgage payment of around $4,500-$5,000. That is if you have a STELLAR 780+ credit score and somehow get below 5%. Not going to happen on a jumbo loan like this.
A Member of Congress gets paid a good salary $174,000. Minus taxes around $104,000. He has to pay for a house/residence in Atlanta and other expenses and pay $60,000 a year for a mortgage.
How on earth does anyone expect him to pay the taxes as well and still maintain his dainty 250# figure?
I have no idea how long he has lived there, but 30 years ago it was a 2-300K house at most. He’s been in DC long enough that it is easily possible for him to own a “modest” million dollar home.
DC has a neat arrangement where if you do not pay your property tax, the note is sold at public auction. The city gets paid up front and the deadbeat gets to pay additional fees and interest. If the deadbeat fails to clear the tax lien the property can turn over to the lien holder. The process takes a few years, but works well.
He didn’t buy the house for $1M, or likely anywhere near that. Likely bought it years ago when the city was a shithole. There was a time where even houses around Lincoln Park were vacant/dumps.
Doesn’t matter.
He says he has a net worth of around $10,000 according to disclosure statements. That means he has no equity in that house or his Atlanta home. He must have a 100% mortgage on both or he is lying about his net worth.
He is either a liar or thief. Probably a little bit of both.
BTW: If we are capable of ‘draining the swamp’, we may put enough of DC out of work to make his neighborhood a shit hole again!
When a majority of richest counties surround DC, we have a real problem in this country. Particularly when the government is so incompetent. If government was the least bit competent it wouldn’t be so scandalous.
How does someone not pay taxes for TEN YEARS?
I see...
You or me would have 3 squares and a cot...
Great compilation of Democrats that were actually prosecuted and convicted for financial crimes recently.
PROGRESSIVE DISORDER
Crime and Character
Democrats Convicted
List:
Go to:
http://www.progressivedisorder.com/DemocratsConvicted.shtml
“Think of the Democratic Party as what it really is: a criminal organization masquerading as a political party.” -Michael Walsh
Go To Site
“I’m a Democrat. I’ve been a Democrat my entire life. I used to utter those two sentences with pride and would shout them from the highest rooftops. Now, I’m almost embarrassed to say those words. -Joe Piscopo
Go To Site”
“This is the endgame of welfare economics: What good is Medicaid if there are no doctors? What good are food stamps where there is no food? What good are “free” schools if you’re so afraid to send your children there that you feel it prudent to arm them first? Detroit is what Democrats do. -Kevin D. Williamson”
http://www.progressivedisorder.com/Democrats.shtml
Arrest the bastard. God, is he ugly, or what? Looks like he ran into a wall.
$1,000,000 house on $174,000 a year salary!
Crooks is crooks is crooks.
You moron, he earned those scars. You're a complete dumb@ss.
He’s a liar.
He is a liar, and probably a crook as well. But, by God, he got those scars by standing up for what he believed in, and showed a lot of courage in the face of violent threats.
... and has been getting fat sitting on his laurels ever since.
Hunger games...
The people in the NCR are equally oblivious to what the rest of the country has been going through.
both without question.
He’s given his life to the cause, so at this point what does it matter...
I don't see any difference between 1961 and today?
“Remember, John Lewis was not beaten up by Republicans. He was beaten up by Bull Connor, the Southern sheriff who was a Democrat,” D’Souza continued. “The whole Southern Establishment … all these guys were racist Democrats. And yet in a beautiful sleight of hand, the progressives are trying to transfer the blame away from their own party and onto the Republican Party.”
Dinesh D'Souza 
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