I’ve got to get elected to Congress!

Wow, one of the unmentioned perks that it appears members of Congress receive is a “Get Out Of Jail Free Card” for illegal acts. And do they ever know how to use it. On a post on The Direct Blue website the author give a nice break down of how the big spenders in Washington get away with more than highway robbery. Not only don’t they have a problem to remember to pay takes, they also have a great habit of getting huge sums of money to their family members. Don’t you wish you could do that?

$34,000: the amount of federal taxes that Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner (D) failed to pay during his employment at the International Monetary Fund despite receiving extra compensation and explanatory brochures that described his tax liabilities. (Sounds like the perfect choice for Secretary of Treasury, would be nice if he could read)

$75,000: the amount of money that the head of the powerful tax-writing committee, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), was forced to report on his taxes after the discovery that he had not reported income from a Costa Rican rental property. His excuses for the failure started with blaming his wife, then his accountant and finally the fact that he didn’t speak Spanish. (Think he would have used some of the $75,000 to get a copy of Rosetta Stone. And don’t forget to put “Tax Paid With Rangel Rule” on your tax form.)

$93,000: the amount of petty cash each Congressional representative voted to give themselves in January 2009 during the height of an economic meltdown. (93 K for petty cash! Are you serious? How many Post-It Notes do they need?)

$133,900: the amount Fannie Mae “invested” in Chris Dodd (D-CT), head of the powerful Senate Banking Committee, presumably to repel oversight of the GSE prior to its meltdown. Said meltdown helped touch off the current economic crisis. In only a few years time, Fannie also “invested” over $105,000 in then-Senator Barack Obama. (Sure is nice to have friends who have money to give you and ask nothing in return).

$140,000: the amount of back taxes and interest that Cabinet nominee Tom Daschle (D) was forced to cough up after the vetting process revealed significant, unexplained tax liabilities. (Gee, when I got audited, I had to give a reason for my mistake. How come Mr. Big Speeder, Cheater doesn’t need to explain? Isn’t he an ELECTED official?)

$356,000: the approximate amount of income and deductions that Daschle (D) was forced to report on his amended 2005 and 2007 tax returns after being caught cheating on his taxes. This includes $255,256 for the use of a car service, $83,333 in unreported income, and $14,963 in charitable contributions. (What type of car was Daschle using?)

$800,000: the amount of “sweetheart” mortgages Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) received from Countrywide Financial, the details for which he has refused to release details despite months of promises to do so. Countrywide was once the nation’s largest mortgage lender and linked to Government-Sponsored Entities like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Their meltdown precipitated the current financial crisis. Just days ago in Pennsylvania, Countrywide was forced to pay $150,000,000 in mortgage assistance following “a state investigation that concluded that Countrywide relaxed its underwriting standards to sell risky loans to consumers who did not understand them and could not afford them.” (Hell, I couldn’t even get my bank to drop a 1/2 point on my mortgage!)

$1,000,000: the estimated amount of donations by Denise Rich, wife of fugitive Marc Rich, to Democrat interests and the William J. Clinton Foundation in an apparent quid pro quo deal that resulted in a pardon for Mr. Rich. The pardon was reviewed and blessed by Obama Attorney General and then Deputy AG Eric Holder, despite numerous requests by government officials to turn it down. (Makes me wonder why Obama has “advisers”)

$12,000,000: the amount of TARP money provided to community bank OneUnited despite the fact that it did not qualify for funds, and was “under attack from its regulators for allegations of poor lending practices and executive-pay abuses.” It turns out that Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), a key contributor to the Fannie Mae meltdown, just happens to be married to one of the bank’s ex-directors. (Hey, how was Waters to know that her husband was a big wig at the bank? Must have slipped their breakfast conversations.)

$23,500,000: The upper range of net worth Rep. Allan Mollohan (D-WV) accumulated in four years time according to The Washington Post through earmarks of “tens of millions of dollars to groups associated with his own business partners.” (It REALLY pays to have good, generous partners when you are in business.)

$2,000,000,000: ($2 billion) the approximate amount of money that House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-WI) is earmarking related to his son’s lobbying efforts. Craig Obey is “a top lobbyist for the nonprofit group” that would receive a roughly $2 billion component of the “Stimulus” package. (Just another innocent case of keeping money in the family. I think my Dad gave $200 one time. I guess Obey just loves his son more.)

$3,700,000,000: ($3.7 billion) not to be outdone, this is the estimated value of various defense contracts awarded to a company controlled by the husband of Rep. Diane Feinstein (D-CA). Despite an obvious conflict-of-interest as “a member of the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee, Sen. Feinstein voted for appropriations worth billions to her husband’s firms .” Don’t you just love it when you can keep things in the family?

$4,190,000,000: ($4.19 billion) the amount of money in the so-called “Stimulus” package devoted to fraudulent voter registration ACORN group under the auspices of “Community Stabilization Activities”. ACORN is currently the subject of a RICO suit in Ohio. (Acorn, peanut growers, seems all the nut groups get a nice deal. How much you want to be the RICO suit will just disappear?)

$1,646,000,000,000 ($1.646 trillion): the approximate amount of annual United States exports endangered by the “Stimulus” package, which provides a “Buy American” stricture. According to international trade experts, a “US-EU trade war looms“, which could result in a worldwide economic depression reminiscent of that touched off by the protectionist Smoot-Hawley Act. (BUY AMERICAN? What the hell do we Americans make anymore? I thought the new name for Made in America was Made in China!)

It’s not just a culture of corruption. It’s a culture of corruption and stupidity. And, unlike Republicans, Democrats appear to be above the law. All of the aforementioned clowns are still in office, ruling like the royalty they’ve become.

Update: Neptunus Lex has details on serial tax cheats mistake-makers Geithner and Daschle.

These numbers just stagger the imagination. Where do these “representatives of the people” get the gall to run these scams, and then expect the public to have any faith in their judgment. How is that the public can just “forget” about all this coruption, lies, and dementia when it comes to election time? Don’t they remember that when that new ball park get night lighting for 10 games a year we are all paying for it? And paying big time. Most to the tune of hundres of thousands of dollars to multi-millions of dollars.

Then there are the four most dangerous people in Congress today, and most likely, that’s not right, are the most corrupt elected public officials of all time:

Pelosi, Frank, Dodd and Reid.

And to that list has to be the Number One Slime Ball ever,

Comrade John Murtha, the Earmark Czar

Come on people, we had a revolution in this country once because of unfair government representation. Perhaps with the next election cycle we need to have another revolution and get rid of this bunch of corrupt scum!