s skippy the bush kangaroo: earmarks of corruption

skippy the bush kangaroo



Friday, July 07, 2006

earmarks of corruption

in all, hastert's net worth has soared from no more than $290,000 to more than $6 million during his 19-year tenure on capitol hill that has seen him rise from the back benches of congress to speaker of the house.

....he accumulated that wealth while he earned an annual salary that has ranged from $77,400 when he first entered congress to his current salary as house speaker of $212,100 and as he put two sons through college. his wife brought home a teacher's salary until she retired about six years ago. - chicago tribune

the pictures of corruption: how hastert used tax dollars to turn a $1.5 million profit - think progress

is denny fishing for bribes? check out this marketplace piece.
posted by Cookie Jill at 7:55 AM |

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