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For Sequester, Kerry, Worth $198.65 Million, to Give $9,175 to Charity
Weekly Standard ^ | 4/4/13 | Daniel Halper

Posted on 04/04/2013 2:34:56 PM PDT by illiac

John Kerry, who is worth an estimated $198.65 million, will donate $9,175 because of the so-called sequestration.

"A day after Obama and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said they'd return 5 percent of their paycheck to the Treasury, Secretary of State John Kerry followed in somewhat similar fashion," the Huffington Post reports.

"State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland says Kerry, however, will give his 5 percent to a charity for department employees. She says he already makes significant charitable donations. Kerry makes $183,500 this year. His donation is worth $9,175."

Based on Senate disclosure forms, Roll Call estimated Kerry to be worth $198.65 million in 2011. Roll Call reported:

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1 posted on 04/04/2013 2:34:56 PM PDT by illiac
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To: F15Eagle

With some ketchup on the side....


3 posted on 04/04/2013 2:37:26 PM PDT by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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horse face has always had short arms


4 posted on 04/04/2013 2:37:28 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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Kerry has always been tight, especially for a $200 million gigolo.


6 posted on 04/04/2013 2:41:23 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: illiac

That will be deducted on his taxes on his Charitable contribution “Loophole”


7 posted on 04/04/2013 3:02:40 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: illiac
Hey, at least Kerry made the gesture.

Where is the King of the Sequester on this?

Oh yeah, he exempted his own pay and blamed it on the 27th Ammendment. He can donate his pay to mirror the Federal furloughs any time he wants to.


8 posted on 04/04/2013 3:15:38 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: illiac

and the traitorous scumbag didn’t earn a dime unless you consider sleeping with teresa work.


9 posted on 04/04/2013 3:22:19 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: illiac

It’s like stealing everything in the poor box and then tossing a nickel back in for the little people.


10 posted on 04/04/2013 3:22:55 PM PDT by Argus
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To: illiac

He married into money.

Was it Ann Coulter who labeled him a “kept” man.


11 posted on 04/04/2013 3:49:59 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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“Kerry, however, will give his 5 percent to a charity for department employees.”

A charity for State Department employees?

?


12 posted on 04/04/2013 5:23:56 PM PDT by Chad N. Freud (FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
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