RSSWhere’s Bernie AP????
Read this list from the AP and weep. Do you think it is a coincidence that they left off Bernie The Socialist from Vermont?* Or is it a coincidence that the most egregious offender whose name is not DeLay is hidden from view. Nahhh , I am sure it was an oversight.
Lawmakers with relatives on their congressional or campaign staffs include:
_ House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas: Wife and daughter were paid more than $500,000 since 2001 for working for DeLay’s campaign and political action committees.
_ Connecticut Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman: Son Matthew received about $34,000 and daughter Rebecca about $36,000 for working on the senator’s 2004 presidential campaign.
_ Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash.: Nephew Todd Reichert was paid $3,000 last year, plus several hundred dollars for mileage, for serving as driver.
_ California Democratic Rep. Fortney “Pete” Stark: Wife Deborah earns $2,400 a month for serving as campaign consultant.
_ Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif.: Wife Arlene Willis serves as congressional chief of staff at a salary of nearly $111,000.
_ Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich.: Wife Laurie Stupak earned about $36,000 annually the past two years as the finance director for her husband’s campaign.
_ Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio: Wife Elizabeth was paid about $1,730 a month during his 2004 campaign. She has worked as a campaign consultant for him since the 2001 election cycle.
_ Rep. Jim Costa, D-Calif.: Cousin Ken Costa made about $45,000 for serving as a co-campaign manager last year.
_ Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah: Three college-age children worked on his campaign last year. Emily was paid $5,425, Jane $9,508 and Laura $17,766.
_ Rep. Lincoln Davis, D-Tenn.: Sister-in-law Sharon Davis has been his campaign treasurer since 1994,and daughter Libby Davis was his campaign coordinator in the last half of 2004. Libby Davis was paid about $2,334 a month; Sharon Davis was paid about $1,000 a month for bookkeeping last year.
_ Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, employs his wife, Kathy, as his campaign manager. She was paid $21,791 over four months, including a $7,500 bonus last November.
_ New York Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop: Daughter Molly was paid $46,995 as his 2004 campaign’s finance director.
_ California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher: Wife Rhonda Carmony makes $40,000 a year as his campaign manager.
* Rep. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt) used campaign donations to pay his wife and stepdaughter more than $150,000 for campaign-related work since 2000, according to records filed with the Federal Election Commission.
Jim Barrett, chairman of the Vermont Republican Party, used Sanders’ family payments to highlight what he said is Democratic “hypocrisy” for fiercely attacking DeLay. “It’s the standard hypocrisy from the left,” Barrett said. “When a Republican does it, it’s inappropriate and front page news. But now it turns out, our own Bernie Sanders has been doing it for a long time.”
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As I posted over on SSOA – your outrage is silly regarding Bernie. Do the math, 2 people over 4 years, they are getting paid squat and are probably working hard for it.
Reason, you are correct. Off to the head of the class for you. It was cynicism.
Oh wait, I saw your site. Do not go to the head of the class. AIM FOR THE MIDDLE. Do not achieve greatness, aim for mediocrity.
But when we all aim for Utopian socialism, we end up with tyranny at the top and the majority emulating the lowest common denominator.
Eh, Gods, I bet you receive a government check from an institution that is supported by high achievers paying taxes so you can whittle away your potential.
Yeah, but what would a socialist need with money? Therefore isn’t a dollar valuated differently as compared to a capitalist?
Just like a Lib, trying to determine what someone should make and claiming that someone may be working hard for it when they have no idea.
However, I reiterate my original statement, WHAT DOES A SOCIALIST NEED MONEY FOR?
We must be doing something right when we draw the socialists out into the open.
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