The
Obama Democrats: By the Numbers
$34,000: the
amount of federal taxes 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-SD)
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-SD) 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 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."
$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
Sen. 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.
It's not just
a culture of corruption.
It's a culture
of corruption and stupidity.
All of the aforementioned
clowns are still in office, ruling like the royalty they've become.
Remember:
ITS ONLY BEEN TWELVE WEEKS, FOLKS!