What is your response to this?: [http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/mostcorrupt/entry/ron-paul-report]
52 flights that ron paul was allegedly reimbursed for twice. Thats all they have. Meanwhile people like harry reid and nancy pelosi are worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but they had basically nothing when they first took office.
furthermore, the allegations arent very credible, because they rely on his being reimbursed by private funds and then reimbursed with taxpayer money. Apparently (from the link) if he took public money and then private money, theres nothing to fuss over.
I will add that if he did double-bill in the way the article says he did, then I dont approve of his actions, or the actions of the staff members responsible.
There’s this already:
http://optimiskeptic.com/2012/09/12/u-s-news-world-report-crew-blow-it-big-time/
But then they even admit in their… article that they have a hard time tracing any of the expenses and admit it’s impossible to find precise information. Or translated, they just like making stuff up.
Ron Paul is like the last person I would ever accuse of being corrupt. Just wanted to hear some opinions.
I think it’s just a bunch of crap geared towards turning off people who have decided to research the guy in response to an interest in his message.
+1 Skeptical
“Ha! He’s corrupt, I knew it!”
my opinion is that there are millions of laws and its impossible not to be breaking one. When it comes to political funding its impossible to not be breaking at least 2 at all times.
I think the article is all hogwash. This is a man who is turning down full-retirement pay. What do congressmen get paid? like 160k a year. He is committing fraud for mere fractions of a pay check.
Lastly, i am one of the foremost experts on the planet in government travel.
There is a travel claim with his signature on it. Where the comptrollers (*when it comes to congress this is the Comptroller of the United States) are required by law to keep the claim on file for 7 years. New law of last year i think doubled it. Which means they should still HAVE the claim. The travel voucher should be produced with his signature. Not to mention the military started keeping travel claims online since around 2003 and never get rid of them. i refuse to believe congress isnt on the same system.
Also double payments happen ALL the time because they have idiot kids working the claim and retarded management pushing the claims through without looking at what the kids are doing. Ive seen 30k over payments on travel vouchers for claims only worth a few hundred bucks. I can literally prove 90% incorrect payments on all travel claims.
A double payment on airline tickets is standard operating procedure. This is what happens most the time:
The computer system they use require a manual imput of airfare tickets. Well the government isnt going to pay just anything, they limit it to the GTR (meaning what the government would of spent on the ticket). So a clerk will go through and put the price of the GTR and then put the price of the ticket. What is paid is the GTR and the ticket limited to the GTR. Boom double payment. Then an auditor has to go in and specifically look in misc payments to see the double payment. When what they really do is just look at the tab with the breakdown on it. They see $461 and think ‘well that looks like what a ticket would cost.’ then they put it on business.
Haha.
→ Ron Paul
talks about freedom and liberty. gives back money to treasury
ZOMG HIS FEW FLIGHTS TO X PLACES COST TAXPAYEEEERERRS HUR DURRRRR SO CORRUPPTTTTT ZOMGZOMGZOMG.
→ Obama
*starts 1 more war, prolongs another, while making millions
wins nobel peace prize
HE WILL PAY MY MORTGAGE HE IS OUR SAVIOR BLAH BLAH BLAH HURRDURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Cmon mainstream fags, you can do better than that.
Malachi pretty much got it all. Here’s the thread from the plane ticket thing…
Lyin Larry O’Donnell’s report is actually good and honest. I guess because he was happy he at least got to attack someone.