Originally posted by storch
my dear thrawn,
these bureaucrats and politicians that you malign are also fellow citizens. they are performing dull and thankless jobs with little recognition for their efforts. they are often underpaid
If you're talking about cops, I agree. I was underpaid.
But congress people?, they don't struggle:
Dennis Hastert made $3 million by buying land and using his power to build a tax payer fnded freeway near it.
Maxine Waters kids have scamed $450,000 / $115,000 respectively, her husband $500,000.. all thanks to mom being in congress.
A long time friend of Rep. Charles Taylor has been involved in a series of fraudulent loans totaling $2.27 million Taylor has also taken 10 tax payer paid trips to Russia to further his business interests.
Rep Gary Miller In 2005 made between $1.1 and $6 million using his power to leverage real estate deals. Miller also earmarked $1.28M in tax payer $$ for street improvements near a planned residential community he owns.
Rep. John Sweeney invited 53 people to join him from January 6-9, 2006, for a “Congressional Winter Challenge” at the Lake Placid Olympic facilities. His guests enjoyed pretending to be Olympic athletes, all paid for with New York taxpayer dollars... how many citizens get that?
In return for writing two letters, Rep. Pete Sessions received a total of $20,500 from those he helped. After receiving $30,000 in soft dollars from a tech company, Sessions earmarked $800K, with another $8M in tax dollars for that company.
...and there's the dude who had $90K in his freezer.
