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$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 Tom 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,
33 3 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 One United 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
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." True: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/14/AR2006051401032.html
Washington Post
$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&++++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
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