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Didn't check all these but I'm sure I will be corrected if they are wrong...
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The Obama Democrats: by the numbers
$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.
$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.
$93,000: the amount of petty cash each Congressional representative
voted to give themselves in January 2009 during the height of an economic
meltdown.
$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.
$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.
$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.
$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."
$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.
$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.
$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."
$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.
$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 ."
$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.
$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.
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.
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