As I understand it, Delay employed a couple family members as part of his campaign for approximately 14 years. During that 14 years they made a total of about 500,000 dollars.
That seems like a lot until you actually do the math...it's only about a 17,800 dollar a year average.
We all know that Delay could have claimed their work as a campaign expense, but as soon as he did that he'd get hit for "avoiding income tax by hiding income to his family."
Is there anyone here who wouldn't, during a campaign, want their most loyal, supportive people on their staff at any level of government? The House of Reps level is not flush with cash, so, of course, you'd take the cheaper labor that a loyal family member would provide. Why should they do all that work all at their own expense?!!
BTW, Michael Savage was ridiculously demeaning of Rush Limbaugh last night. I lost all respect for Savage.
Great point!
Tom Delay hires family members to run his campaign and pays them with private donations and he's the devil-incarnate; JFK makes his brother AG at taxpayer's expense and he's a saint.