Interesting. Sounds like Beto is the front man for a typical Rat crime organization. A mini-Clinton.
Beto wants to tax the sale of items shipped out of state, like furniture.
How ironic given his mother and her family furniture business is guilt of tax evasion on hundreds of thousands of dollars where they cheated Texans!
Hypocrite Alert: Beto ORourke Pushes for More Taxes But Ignores Moms Tax Fraud
HOUSTON, Texas Democrat Rep. Beto ORourke said in an interview published Tuesday that he wants to force businesses such as a local furniture store to collect taxes for sales made across state lines. His plan would add layers of government compliance costs to local businesses and require business owners in Texas to collect sales tax for other states.
It is an interesting policy position given his family history of breaking tax laws while running a furniture store in El Paso.
Rep. Beto ORourke has been campaigning on ethics in government, but hes been hiding his mothers conviction for tax fraud, his personal stake in her furniture company and his profiting from the company, said Cruz campaign spokeswoman Emily Miller. Texans deserve elected officials with strong values and ethics.
Charlottes Furniture, a company that was controlled by Rep. ORourkes mother, Melissa, was convicted of tax fraud. On behalf of her company, she pled guilty in 2010 to making a series of cash deposits of just under $10,000 designed to avoid IRS scrutiny. (The structuring law she violated was originally designed to help stop drug-related money laundering operations.)
Melissa ORourke was sentenced to pay a fine of $500,000. Suspiciously, parts of her case are sealed by the court.
Rep. ORourke was financially connected to this criminal activity by more than just family relationship. Rep. ORourke and Melissa co-own the shopping center where Charlottes Inc. resided. In 2012, Melissa gave her son what congressional records indicate was a $1 million to $5 million stake in the property.
Also, just one day before the courts judgment, Melissa transferred the Imperial Arms Apartments from her husbands estate to Rep. ORourkes company, Imperial Arms LLC.
Rep. ORourke has been praising his mother, who campaigns with him, but he doesnt tell Texas voters about her businesss criminal activity. His recent statements advocating that local businesses become tax collection agents for every state in the nation stand in stark contrast to his mothers history of tax evasion.
Note that Melissa ORourke has donated over $10,000 to her son Rep. ORourkes campaigns.