Well….we all know that the repubs think of the government as their own personal piggybank that they use to reward themselves and their big donors with tax cuts and other largesse…but, there has been one guy over the past couple of years that has raised taking advantage of the people to an art form…Illinois rep Aaron Schock resigned today amid ethics investigations for damn near everything..his “Downton Abbey” styled office started it off then there were the private jets to go to concerts (supplied by his big donors) and getting an inflated price for a house he sold…again to one of his big donors…but that’s not the extent of it…he had his own staff photographer that he took everywhere to document his exploits and took some staffers to NYC the other month for a “conference” where he spent about two minutes shaking hands and billed the people of his district for the trip. Now….this is what the grifters on the right think government is…you do some time currying favors and amassing dark money waiting for the time that they can get the big payday as a lobbyist when they leave congress….but you have to at least make it appear you’re doing some work for the people you represent…this guy just couldn’t be bothered with that…good riddance…geez…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well….we all know that the repubs think of the government as their own personal piggybank that they use to reward themselves and their big donors with tax cuts and other largesse…but, there has been one guy over the past couple of years that has raised taking advantage of the people to an art form…Illinois rep … Continue reading Good riddance Aaron Schock…<\/span>