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I want these people to say that this is not true.

District Of Corruption

What a den of thieves!

Pretty good summary of what is known – how much more is hidden?

$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.

True:  http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/01/timothy_geithner_obamas_nomine.html

$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   Dominican Republic  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.

True http://www.nypost.com/seven/09102008/news/regionalnews/rangels_spanish_excuse_128444.htm

$93,000:

The  INCREASE in the amount of petty cash  each of  our

Congressional  representatives voted to give themselves  in

January  2009 during the height of an  economic  meltdown.

That’s a $40 + million INCREASE!

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/01/its-recession-congress-gives-lawmakers.html

( See video here from Fox)

$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.

True:  http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/07/top-senate-recipients-of-fanni.html

$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.

True:  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123335984751235247..html?mod=googlenews_wsj Wall Street Journal

$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.

True:  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123335984751235247.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Wall Street Journal

$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.”

True:  http://rightvoices.com/2008/08/21/more-sweetheart-loan-details-on-senator-chris-dodd-d-ct-chairman-of-the-senate-committee-on-banking-housing-and-urban-affairs/

$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.

True:  http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/20/nation/na-holder20

$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  regulat ors  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 former  directors.

True:   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123258284337504295.html Wall Street Journal

$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. The son, Craig Obey

, is “a top lobbyist for  the  nonprofit group” that  would

receive a roughly $2 billion  component of the  “Stimulus”

package.

True:  http://www..newwest.net/topic/article/a_plan_for_stimulus_money_national_parks/C530/L37/

and this as a list of these related stories:  http://search.yahoo.com/404handler?src=news&+++%0A+fr%3D404_news%26ref%3Dhttp://directorblue.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama-democrats-by-numbers.html&url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090129/ap_on_go_co/stimulus_national_parks_2

$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?.”

True:  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/04/22/MN310531.DTL

$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 .

True:  http://www.ocregister.com/articles/stimulus-economy-percent-2295331-bill-pelosi

$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..

True:  http://www.asiaing.com/2008-national-export-strategy-the-new-global-main-street.html

and http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/01/022685.php

Background:  Smmot-Hawley Act:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot-Hawley_Tariff_Act

It’s becoming a culture of corruption and  stupidity.

In addition, these folks  appear to be  above the law.

All of the  aforementioned  are still in office, living

like  the royalty they think they are.

Remember:  This all happened in just the FIRST QUARTER,

folks!

WHATS WRONG WITH US FOR LETTING THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS?