Schadenfreude and Stuff
Edited! I uploaded the same letter twice. I fixed it now.
Remember when Louie Gohmert snuck back onto the House floor and said he’d made up his own rules and if you leave to go to the bathroom you can walk back in without passing through the metal detector?
Yeah, that didn’t work.
Here ya go – his notice he did a bad thing. Click here to see better.
And his $5,000 fine. Click here to check that out bigger.
Now here’s the deal. Gohmert is one of the poorest members of the House. Seriously, he’s been a lawyer and judge and literally lives hand to mouth according to his financial statement. I do not know where all his money goes, but it goes somewhere.
So, $5,000 is going to hurt him and it could not happen to a more deserving person.
Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.
Seems he’s already appealing the fine to the Ethics Committee. As usual, whining and refusing to play by the rules.
1Ouch! Will there be late fees? Not to mention a derog in your permanent record
2On a $174,500 annual salary, Representatives get about $14,500 a month. Standard deductions (married, no kids) for taxes, FICA & state insurances (depending on where he lives) take it down to around $10,200.
And the fine does not reduce stated income and paying it is not tax deductible.
3Isn’t that the same letter twice? Or are you emphasizing the violation and compounding it by emphasizing the fine?
4As ye sow, so shall ye reap. Louie’s about to have the same type of experience his constituents have when hit with an expense they can’t afford to pay…
5Unholy soap, Ms. JJ, you want someone to defend and/or explain Louie? OK Here, fwiw, goes. The cost of living in DeeCee probably consumes most of his salary. Any remaining goes to his wife who charges him for what the ***king moron paid professionals. While his constituents are dirt poor morons who vote against their own interests such as a minimum wage increase, ergo have few $ to send him. While the .01% donor class send him less than they do the Democrats because they don’t trust him not to blabber about their “end game” on C-SPAN. Alfredo surely can give the total donation amounts Louie has accumulated in his meretricious years in Congress. Just a guess, but that’s a pittance barely covering the cost of ribs and sauce for his barbecues. End analysis, same as the first impression: Louie is an idiot.
Which raises another question: who in their right mind is so desperate as to attend one of Louie’s barbecues?
6What is that Republicans are fond of saying?
7“Don’t do the crime if you won’t pay the fine”!
OK
I changed it a bit!
I see a major hissy fit in the offing.
8Spouse: Clearly he’s never seen Godfather II
9Diane @6 and Lynne@7. Thank you. One of the many reasons we love the WMDBS are the articles and comments that provoke thought.
Albeit my thought process admittedly is a bit odd. But both of you have led me to an “answer” to the QOP Congress varmints who are whining the latest stimulus bill was not sufficiently “targeted”. A bill that addresses a significant portion of childhood poverty, aids states in economic recovery, helps schools to re-open, etc., etc., etc. What’s not to love about this bill?
Shorter QOP argument for “targeting” is that they are deeply disappointed that the major portions of the funds are not going to the top .01% like the first stimulus for which Democrats fought like hell to scratch a little chump change from the QOP to help average Americans. This latest bill targets those who actually deserve and need a boost. Yeah. The QOP hates that, when the “trickle down” doesn’t include a major upward flow to the .01%. Targeting isn’t their real complaint, it the who/”other” with the QOP.
Thanks, ladies. Have another e-mail to “advise” our 2 senators on shooting down the QOP.
10Frankly, I think repugnanticans should also be checked for weapons before going to the bathroom. They’ve made enough threats that they’ve earned that scrutiny. As for goober, he might hurt himself if he had a gun in his waistband. We can only hope.
11Garnish his wages! Let him see how that feels.
12My fault! I uploaded the same letter twice instead of the letter and the fine. I think I have it fixed now. Thank you.
13Louie’s between a rock and stupid place…Good! haha.
14correction: “a stupid place”
15Dear Louie: If you can’t afford the fine, follow the rules. It’s not that hard.
16What if he puts up a kissing booth on the capital lawn? Wouldn’t his fellow idiots pay $5.00?
17Ooooh, I don’t want breakfast now.
I have a mental picture of Loopy Louie as a sschoolboy who couldn’t find his way to the principal’s office when his teachers disciplined him. Does that sound about right?
18I wish Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen, would post another one of his expense reports! Goober regularly spend a lot of money at a Bar-B-Que joint always for the same amount, which is I believe $148.00!
19He also spends a large amount of money monthly on the toll roads, in Texas!