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This is not a major news flash here, but did you know that members of Congress often abuse their positions? Yes. Way. Just saw this AP item on Rep. Charles Rangel, from New York.
_Rangel’s papers over the past 10 years show no reference to the sale of a home he once owned on Colorado Avenue in Washington.
_The
details of a property bought in Sunny Isles, Fla., are bewildering at
best. The stated value changes significantly from year to year, and
even page to page, from $50,000 to $100,000 all the way up to $500,000.
The home in the Dominican Republic has proven a major embarrassment
to the 78-year-old Rangel, who conceded he never reported the rental
income over a 20-year period, received a no-interest mortgage on the
place for more than half that time and claims to have no idea what it
is worth today.The ethics committee is also investigating
Rangel’s rental of three rent-stabilized apartments in his home
district of Harlem, as well as his use of official congressional
stationery to try to find private donors for a college center named
after the lawmaker.
These kinds of accounting mistakes are laughable, at best, and show that he has clearly abused his position in Congress for his own personal gain. This is the kind of stuff that costs the tax payers money. It needs to stop, now. We need more accountability for our representatives, let’s hope McCain-Palin are up to their promise to bring about such accountability.
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