UPDATE # 38 House Members Filtered Government Money to Relatives - Living The High Life At Your Expense

So you don't mind your money being used to pay for other peoples employment etc? How bout this one from the same article. From what I can see this is a lot of money that our taxes just paid for to keep all their relatives employed etc. I think we can do better than this.

"In the case of Lewis, $500,000 was earmarked in 2008 for Barracks Row in Washington, DC. CREW stated that Lewis’ wife, Arlene Willis (who was paid $512,293 to work in her husband’s office between 2007 and 2010) “is a likely beneficiary of his earmark, since the improvements to Barracks Row will probably cause her $943,000 property four blocks away to rise in value.”

The U.S. Congress is corrupt.

Surprise, surprise.

Good find OP.

That link contains Malware. I run Avira which was able to remove it.

That case is non sequitur to my statment. I am talking about a grant to a corporation that one of your relatives work at.

If prestated representative passes an earmark for a company. And a month later, the company advertises several new positions being opened. If the representative’s son who has been living his own life for years, applies for one of those jobs on his own, with no mentioning of the fact that his is the representative’s son. And the representative has mentioned nothing to the company about his son. If his son get’s hired for an open position at that company completely on his own merits.

Then I see absolutely no problem with it.

I am all for a good political knock down as the next guy, but we still have some freedom to live our own life.

The actions of other family members should never be a direct indictment, unless proven otherwise.

Innocent until proven guilty. We still are a country of laws. This mob rule crap is absolute stupidity.

Yea there are laws. One set for the rich and one set for the poor. The problem is there is no justice.

bollox. gov.shill
there is nothing harmful at that link.

^This^

38 House Members Filtered Government Money to Relatives and Their Employers
Monday, March 26, 2012

Nearly 40 members of the House of Representatives earmarked $150 million to organizations affiliated with themselves and their family members from 2008 to 2010, according to a government watchdog organization.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) reported that although 24 of the earmarkers were Democrats and only 14 Republicans, the top five representatives who earmarked to organizations affiliated with them or their family members were all Republicans:

· Kay Granger (R-Texas) earmarked $28.3 million to her son’s project. J.D. Granger is the executive director of the Trinity River Vision Authority.

· Jerry Lewis (R-California) who earmarked a combined $25.5 million to three relatives’ organizations.

· Bill Young (R-Florida) earmarked a combined $16.6 million to two sons’ employers. In 2008 he herded $4.4 million to defense contractor SAIC’s facility in St. Petersburg, Florida, where son Patrick is a security administrator. Another $8.5 million went to the National Forensic Science Technology Center, where son Billy is a senior consultant.

· John Mica (R-Florida) earmarked $13 million to his daughter’s client. Mica has five relatives who work as lobbyists, two brothers, a son and a nephew. His daughter, D’Anne, ran a public relations firm whose client, the Central Commuter Rail, received the $13 million.

· Michael Simpson (R-Idaho) earmarked $12.5 million to his wife’s employer, the Idaho National Laboratory.

CONTINUE: [link to www.allgov.com]

Where is the LIST of Democrats...

Starting with PELOSI... her husband and his brother got 8 MILLION for a GREEN PROJECT of course since those were DEMOCRATES they don't make YOUR LIST. 40 Million to Pelose's Familyof your tax dollar.

I'm so sick of this shit.

Yea there are laws. One set for the rich and one set for the poor. The problem is there is no justice.

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From 2008-2010, Nancy Pelosi and her gang ruled the House of Representatives.

And yet for some strange reason, the story only lists republicans.

Sounds like another one-sided, liberal Media Matters hit-piece ...

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38 House Members Filtered Government Money to Relatives and Their Employers
Monday, March 26, 2012

Nearly 40 members of the House of Representatives earmarked $150 million to organizations affiliated with themselves and their family members from 2008 to 2010, according to a government watchdog organization.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) reported that although 24 of the earmarkers were Democrats and only 14 Republicans, the top five representatives who earmarked to organizations affiliated with them or their family members were all Republicans:

· Kay Granger (R-Texas) earmarked $28.3 million to her son’s project. J.D. Granger is the executive director of the Trinity River Vision Authority.

· Jerry Lewis (R-California) who earmarked a combined $25.5 million to three relatives’ organizations.

· Bill Young (R-Florida) earmarked a combined $16.6 million to two sons’ employers. In 2008 he herded $4.4 million to defense contractor SAIC’s facility in St. Petersburg, Florida, where son Patrick is a security administrator. Another $8.5 million went to the National Forensic Science Technology Center, where son Billy is a senior consultant.

· John Mica (R-Florida) earmarked $13 million to his daughter’s client. Mica has five relatives who work as lobbyists, two brothers, a son and a nephew. His daughter, D’Anne, ran a public relations firm whose client, the Central Commuter Rail, received the $13 million.

· Michael Simpson (R-Idaho) earmarked $12.5 million to his wife’s employer, the Idaho National Laboratory.

CONTINUE: [link to www.allgov.com]

38 House Members Filtered Government Money to Relatives and Their Employers
Monday, March 26, 2012

Nearly 40 members of the House of Representatives earmarked $150 million to organizations affiliated with themselves and their family members from 2008 to 2010, according to a government watchdog organization.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) reported that although 24 of the earmarkers were Democrats and only 14 Republicans, the top five representatives who earmarked to organizations affiliated with them or their family members were all Republicans:

· Kay Granger (R-Texas) earmarked $28.3 million to her son’s project. J.D. Granger is the executive director of the Trinity River Vision Authority.

· Jerry Lewis (R-California) who earmarked a combined $25.5 million to three relatives’ organizations.

· Bill Young (R-Florida) earmarked a combined $16.6 million to two sons’ employers. In 2008 he herded $4.4 million to defense contractor SAIC’s facility in St. Petersburg, Florida, where son Patrick is a security administrator. Another $8.5 million went to the National Forensic Science Technology Center, where son Billy is a senior consultant.

· John Mica (R-Florida) earmarked $13 million to his daughter’s client. Mica has five relatives who work as lobbyists, two brothers, a son and a nephew. His daughter, D’Anne, ran a public relations firm whose client, the Central Commuter Rail, received the $13 million.

· Michael Simpson (R-Idaho) earmarked $12.5 million to his wife’s employer, the Idaho National Laboratory.

CONTINUE: [link to www.allgov.com]

38 House Members Filtered Government Money to Relatives and Their Employers
Monday, March 26, 2012

Nearly 40 members of the House of Representatives earmarked $150 million to organizations affiliated with themselves and their family members from 2008 to 2010, according to a government watchdog organization.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) reported that although 24 of the earmarkers were Democrats and only 14 Republicans, the top five representatives who earmarked to organizations affiliated with them or their family members were all Republicans:

· Kay Granger (R-Texas) earmarked $28.3 million to her son’s project. J.D. Granger is the executive director of the Trinity River Vision Authority.

· Jerry Lewis (R-California) who earmarked a combined $25.5 million to three relatives’ organizations.

· Bill Young (R-Florida) earmarked a combined $16.6 million to two sons’ employers. In 2008 he herded $4.4 million to defense contractor SAIC’s facility in St. Petersburg, Florida, where son Patrick is a security administrator. Another $8.5 million went to the National Forensic Science Technology Center, where son Billy is a senior consultant.

· John Mica (R-Florida) earmarked $13 million to his daughter’s client. Mica has five relatives who work as lobbyists, two brothers, a son and a nephew. His daughter, D’Anne, ran a public relations firm whose client, the Central Commuter Rail, received the $13 million.

· Michael Simpson (R-Idaho) earmarked $12.5 million to his wife’s employer, the Idaho National Laboratory.

CONTINUE: [link to www.allgov.com]

Wheres the whole list of 38?

I couldn't find it - yet...

Ron Paul put 6 of his on the payroll

Ron Paul put 6 of his on the payroll