‘If the public knew what Congress knows’

Discussion in 'Politics' started by big mac, Jan 19, 2017.

  1. big mac

    big mac

  2. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Only disturbing to complete and total yambags who are foolish enough to believe anything coming from Cummings' mouth.

     
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  3. big mac

    big mac

    who is the douche to his right? :D
     
  4. Well, the vast majority of the congress will be attending the inauguration, and presumably most of them are far better informed than this dimwitted race hustler.

    This ploy of "if you only were important enough to know what I have access to" you would agree with me is one of the oldest and most tiresome lines in DC. It's right up there with the typical insider's memoirs, which invariably are some variation of "if only the morons had listened to me."
     
  5. Jones75

    Jones75

  6. Tom B

    Tom B

    BREAKING: Trump-Hating Democratic @RepJohnLewis DIDN’T PAY TAXES On His Nearly $1 Million Fancy DC Townhouse

    JAN 18, 2017 by GOTNEWS 18

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    TRUMP-HATING DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN JOHN ROBERT LEWIS (D-GA). DETAIL FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY EMILY CLACK, LBJ LIBRARY, WIKIMEDIA COMMONS.

    Trump-hating Democratic Georgia congressman John Lewis didn’t pay property taxes on his nearly $1 million fancy Washington, D.C. townhouse on Capitol Hill, despite being in Congress for decades, where the salary for a Representative starts at $174,000 per year.

    Lewis was in the news recently for saying he doesn’t see President-elect Donald J. Trump as “a legitimate president” because of the #RussianHackers Democratic conspiracy theory.

    Public records show he avoided paying property taxes on his DC townhouse at 219 3rd Street SE on Capitol Hill:

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    FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICE OF TAX AND REVENUE.

    That house at 219 3rd Street SE was worth more than $810,000 in 2012 according to Nexis assessment records. It’s a nice fancy townhouse right next to Congress:

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    NICE HOUSE, JOHN! SCREENSHOT FROM GOOGLE MAPS.

    In 2010, legal action was threatened against Rep. John Lewis for his failure to pay property taxes, as documents exclusively obtained by GotNews show:

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    It’s unclear if Lewis still owns the house and is paying taxes for it.

    As a long-time congressman, Lewis’ salary is at least $174,000 a year, which makes him richer than 92% of Americans:

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    SCREENSHOT FROM CNNMONEY.

    Why doesn’t Rep. John Lewis like paying his taxes?

    Doesn’t he want to “pay his fair share” like a good Democrat?

    http://gotnews.com/breaking-trump-h...ay-taxes-nearly-1-million-fancy-dc-townhouse/
     
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  7. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    The douche to the right of the shitbag?
     
  8. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    If CNN is that bad (and it is) what does that make a rawstory article quoting a CNN article? :)
     
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  9. He was relying on the black democrat reparations tax credit, which is contained in the invisible ink section of the Internal Revenue Code. It has been used in the past by such luminaries as Rep. Charley Rangel, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton ( DC) and former DC Mayor for Life Marion Barry.
     
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  10. big mac

    big mac