
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 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.
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
of 2009, folks!