McHenry took DC resident tax deduction while voting in NC
Submitted by Drama Queen on Fri, 09/28/2007 - 12:09pm
We told you two weeks ago that our dear Congressman Pat McHenry owned a home with another man. Did you know that co-ownership of property with the same sex can trigger a Don't Ask Don't Tell investigation?
We have also uncovered that before serving in Congress Pat took a DC resident-only tax reduction on that home while, at the same time, voting in North Carolina.
I've heard federal employees often try to keep their home state residency to avoid DC's high income taxes.
Didn't tax evasion bring down Capone?
Here's the scoop at Page One Q and Mike Roger's comments at BlogActive. Enjoy.
That's what I've been telling you.
Don't worry about the gay stuff - I don't care who you screw, I care who you screw over. If a US Congressman is cheating on his taxes, he's screwing over you and me.
Go, DQ, Go.
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
I agree
There are a few bloggers (not you or DQ) who get frighteningly homophobic when someone brings up those allegations about McHenry. I don't like it one bit when that stuff pops up here because it makes all of us look bad while impugning our credibility.
Also, the media has shown that, like mature adults should, they don't really care about private sex lives as long as no crime is involved. We've been through this before in the Piedmont; Myrick did some things that were not socially acceptable (for 1980s-Early '90s Charlotte), and it didn't stop her from winning the Mayor's race or the Congressional seat. Once we get as sex-obsessed as Larry Craig, the Republicans have already won.
1 Thessalonians 5:21: But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good.
I always wanted to be the avenging cowboy hero—that lone voice in the wilderness, fighting corruption and evil wherever I found it, and standing for freedom, truth and justice. - Bill Hicks
It constantly amazes me what this guy thinks
he can get away with.
I just keep following the money. And the people he surrounds himself that have problems with ummm, well . . . the law.
I've drafted several posts on his various cohorts and am just waiting for call backs and a few details to iron themselves out. Many of his high level staffers or close colleagues seem to have legal issues of one sort or another. It's not like any one thing couldn't be explained away as a mistake or misunderstanding. But when you add them up and see the totality of the picture .. . well, it's clear none of them think too much of anything we would refer to as rules.
News of the 10th district: See Pat Go Bye Bye,
He'll say
IOKIYAR
Do good. Be nice. Have fun.
huh?
How about translating for the ancroymically challenged among us.
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
It's OK if you're a Replicant.
(Or "Republican" for those in our our moderate wing.)
Do good. Be nice. Have fun.
I should have gotten that!
blame it on the friday fuzzies!
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
They're getting so close to fixing
his selfservative li'l red wagon. What's going to happen first, y'think? He will be outed, taken down for a long pattern and habit of criminal activity, busted in a tearoom, or he'll simply panic like a typical repig and do something spectacularly stupid? Either way, I view McHenry as a self-correcting problem. It's so much more fun to watch Karma and DQ work their magic.
I'm popping corn anyway. I'm going to love the show, however the plotline plays out.
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
Mohandas Gandhi
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
Mohandas Gandhi
His excuses will be limited
when he leaves office. My guess is he'll have to go into rehab, he won't be able to say he needs to spend more time with the family...