Politicians who are convicted of a felony -- even those who are forced to leave Congress because of corruption and wrongdoing -- are allowed to collect their taxpayer-subsidized pensions. For example:
# Dan Rostenkowski: He was convicted of stealing taxpayer funds. Voters kicked him out of Congress in 1994. Now he rakes in a pension of more than $100,000 per year.
# John Dowdy: A Congressman from Texas, he went to jail on a perjury charge involving a $25,000 bribe. But he pulled in 40 times that amount -- one MILLION dollars -- in taxpayer-funded pensions after leaving the House in 1970.
# Gary Condit: He left Congress in a cloud of shame and controversy over his affair with, and the unsolved disappearance of, a young Washington intern. But his pension is the real scandal. His take could reach as high as $721,603.
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The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners. --- Author Unknown.
Shouldn't happen, of course. But the fact is, the only ones who can stop or control it are members of congress - the very people who stand to suffer from any change in this system!
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