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Aaron Schock resigns from Congress over yet another ethics concern

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I'm sure that this news will make more than a few congresscritters decide that they like their vehicles so much that they are going to keep them forever. This guy likes money just like most any other politician out there but I bet his constituents thought that he was the greatest conservative in the world. Went to Washington to shrink government and reduce costs and ends up spending money like a drunken sailor. What a true fiscal conservative!

I too think that he's a 'fabulous' guy. :biggrin:
 
By my calculation he made roughly $400k just in mileage reimbursment. Not too shabby! It also seems like he was an upstanding son, at least according to the testimony of his father who testified that his son forged documents as a notary.
 
ivwshane said:
By my calculation he made roughly $400k just in mileage reimbursment. Not too shabby! It also seems like he was an upstanding son, at least according to the testimony of his father who testified that his son forged documents as a notary.
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Err how? Isn't the milage reimbursement at $0.55/mile?
 
True story: I lived near Peoria, IL in a small rural neighborhood and when he was running for a state office he parked his car and walked to every door in the neighborhood and spent 20 minutes or so talking to people.

Was a nice touch.

That being said, add one more scumbag politician to be cranked out of the IL corruption machine. We seem to have quite a skill for doing that.
 
vi edit said:
True story: I lived near Peoria, IL in a small rural neighborhood and when he was running for a state office he parked his car and walked to every door in the neighborhood and spent 20 minutes or so talking to people.

Was a nice touch.

That being said, add one more scumbag politician to be cranked out of the IL corruption machine. We seem to have quite a skill for doing that.
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no suprised it's a IL politician. We tend to have some of the most corrupt around.

I am surprised he is resigning though. usually they wait until they are in jail.


the story of his office has been all over the local news.
 
cubby1223 said:
It's a numbers game, the more numbers you have, the greater likelihood some are corrupt. At least he resigned *cough* Rangel *cough*
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Exactly. For some Ds, corruption is a resume enhancer. The vast majority of them (irrespective of party) are self-important, elitist swine.
 
soulcougher73 said:
So why is it these people just get to resign instead of face jail time for lying, cheating, thievery, embezzlement etc?
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It's sort of like college coaches. Right before the NCAA comes to destroy you for all the violations you had getting your team where it was, you just jump ship to the NFL/NBA and completely escape it.

Politicians can go on being news analysts since they have inside dirt and that controversy they riled up adds momentum to them and the network they get picked up by.
 
soulcougher73 said:
So why is it these people just get to resign instead of face jail time for lying, cheating, thievery, embezzlement etc?
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This. Some serious jail time would at least slow it down.

vi edit said:
It's sort of like college coaches. Right before the NCAA comes to destroy you for all the violations you had getting your team where it was, you just jump ship to the NFL/NBA and completely escape it.

Politicians can go on being news analysts since they have inside dirt and that controversy they riled up adds momentum to them and the network they get picked up by.
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Does Logo even have news analysts?
 
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When a Congressman Becomes a Lobbyist, He Gets a 1,452 Percent Raise (On Average)
Secret deals, bribery and "buying" members of Congress are commonplace in today's government.

1,452% raise when a former Congressman becomes a Lobbyist.

If this is a punishment, I could use some....

Uno
 
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