Daschles Buy Two Million Dollar Home, But No Tax Cut for You

Rushlimbaugh.com ^ | 5/6/03 | Rush Limbaugh

[DPB101]

Senator Tom Daschle and his wife, big money airline lobbyist Linda Daschle, have just purchased a seven-room house valued at $2,250,000 in DC. (Tom says he paid a humble $1.9m.) Not bad for a public servant who earns around $170,000 a year. It makes you realize why the pair doesn't release their income tax reports.

Tom & Lin have a huge pool of money in the bank even as they're pushing taxes on that which would help you accumulate wealth: income. I guess Linda is doing pretty well lobbying the government to give out money to the airlines even as they're losing billions, declaring bankruptcy, firing workers and demanding employee give backs. I don't begrudge anyone buying a nice house - and that's the point: the Democrats do.

They don't want you getting yours even as they lavish millions on luxury. Your tax bill can never go down so you can put a little money away, because Daschle knows how to spend your money better than you do. There's no tax on the wealth of Democrats like John Kerry ($675 million), but there is a tax on wealth creation: the income tax. The Democrats don't want you creating your own wealth.

They want you poor and dependent and looking to the government when you need to buy a house, etc. It's sad to say but it's true. The way they've set it up, there is never a time for tax cuts. When there's a surplus, they say we can't "waste it" on tax cuts for people whose overpayment of taxes caused the surplus. When there's a deficit, they say the government can't "afford" to do with less so America's families will just have to tighten their belts. It's hypocrisy, and we're here to say so.

[DPB101]

From Political Money Line:

Sen. Daschle’s spouse, Linda Daschle of Baker Donelson Bearman & Caldwell, registered to lobby for Innolog Inc. (VA), whose business is described as “Homeland Security Issues,” on the topic of “transportation security and general matters.” See 4/29 listing.

[timestax]

I wish I had some $$$$$

[DPB101]

Marry a Senator and go to work for Innolog as Linda just did. The company only does business with the U.S. Air Force. Is that neat or what?

[slasher82]

Ever wonder HOW hard it WOULD be to pass a camel through the eye of a needle???????????? Judgement Day Shall Cometh......Prepare NOW wealthy hipocrites or forever will ye dwell in the valley of darkness........

[spodefly]

Main Entry: hy·poc·ri·sy
Pronunciation: hi-'pä-kr&-sE also hI-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -sies
Etymology: Middle English ypocrisie, from Old French, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Greek hypokrisis act of playing a part on the stage, hypocrisy, from hypokrinesthai to answer, act on the stage, from hypo- + krinein to decide -- more at CERTAIN
Date: 13th century
1 : a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; especially : the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion
2 : an act or instance of hypocrisy

[giotto]

The Republicans need a mantra to counter the Dem's "tax cuts for the rich" mantra. Something like,

Anyone who opposes tax cuts doesn't need one.

Only someone who is really out of touch would fail to appreciate what a burden taxes are to the average taxpayer.

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Marry a Senator and go to work for Innolog as Linda just did. The company only does business with the U.S. Air Force. Is that neat or what?

Kewl idea.

[DPB101]

Linda's new job at Innolog--a company which exists only because it contracts with the Air Force--should be news but I have seen it nowhere else but on Political Money Line.

Not that she doesn't have other conflicts of interest but this one is so egregious it might be useful as a counter to the endless articles on Haliburton we read.

[fightu4it]

BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN & CALDWELL
(ORGANIZATION'S MAIN PAGE) AMERICAN AIRLINES INC
Lobbyist(s) For This Client/Organization
Daschle, Linda -- (formerly: Deputy Admin., FAA)
Hanka, Bill
Jones, Kevin D
Kinney, James
Kinney, John
Powell, Janet L
Randall, Albert -- (formerly: Asst. Chief Counsel, FAA)
Tuck, John C


1998 Filings And Registrations
Client: AMERICAN AIRLINES INC 1998 MID-YEAR REPORT $120,000
1998 YEAR-END REPORT $100,000


1999 Filings And Registrations
Client: AMERICAN AIRLINES INC 1999 MID-YEAR REPORT $200,000
1999 YEAR-END REPORT $130,000


2000 Filings And Registrations
Client: AMERICAN AIRLINES INC 2000 MID-YEAR REPORT $160,000
2000 YEAR-END REPORT $160,000


2001 Filings And Registrations
Client: AMERICAN AIRLINES INC 2001 MID-YEAR REPORT $160,000
2001 YEAR-END REPORT $180,000


2002 Filings And Registrations
Client: AMERICAN AIRLINES INC 2002 MID-YEAR REPORT $220,000
2002 YEAR-END REPORT $220,000

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[Malsua]

I need to become a political pundit and get a whole bunch of $50,000 30 minute speeches.


I figure I give 250 of them and can stop working forever.

-Mal

[DPB101]

Thanks for the info. Shortly after 9/11, in November I believe, Linda Daschle registered to lobby for another company which benefits from Homeland Security. They company makes computer equipment which verifies IDs. Do you recall the name of the company? I believe the stock appreciated greatly after Linda signed on.

[WVNan]

Has there ever been a Republican spouse employed as a lobbyist? My guess is that the dems would not tolerate it. They would be screaming bloody murder if Sen. Frist's wife was a lobbyist for homeland security companies.

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[tuna_battle_slight_return]

"Linda Daschle has tried to pooh-pooh her obvious conflicts of interest as an influence peddler, telling The New York Times last August that the staff members she lobbies “are pretty junior and may or may not know who I am” — a mind-boggling, risible assertion. But her senator/leader husband has always refused to make public his and his wife’s tax returns, despite repeated press requests. As a presidential candidate, Tom Daschle could not have avoided giving the press a look at those returns — which would have spelled out just how much cash Linda brings in from her clients."

"The real reason Tom Daschle didn’t run for president"

[cardinal4]

Daschles chances are iffy at best for reelection. What is he going to do in DC after 2004?

[DPB101]

The GOP should make sure any company which hires Linda gets no access.

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The GOP should make sure any company which hires Linda gets no access. 18 posted on 05/10/2003 7:27 PM PDT by DPB101 [

DITTO !!

[DPB101]

Daschle thinks he is in the majority party. He believes the Republican surge is a mistake, an anomaly which will soon be corrected. That is why he and Linda bought the DC house. They think when he leaves the Senate, he will be able to set up shop and become a DC fixer, an elder statesman all seek out for advice.

Republicans should cut him off at the knees. Make him a pariah as an example to others.