They go on about how censure is one step short of expulsion.
Seriously? He loses no voting privileges, no pay cut, and so far, I've not read about any fines.
The guy failed to pay income taxes on his Dominican Republic villa for 17 YEARS.
Censure is a hand slap.
If you or I failed to pay taxes for 17 years, $10,000 in taxes... we'd be in jail, and also hit with back taxes, fines, fees & hefty penalties to boot.
By contrast, former Rep. James Traficant, who was expelled after a felony conviction, didn't pay taxes for just two years.
The House does not have to accept the advice of the Ethics Committee.
So please, don't bullshit us, trumping up this extreme punishment by censure story.
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I agree this is not right!!!
I don't care what his party affiliation is.... no regular citizen would be afforded such slack.
It adds insult to the infraction he shorted the employer he works for, so this ups the ante of ethical infraction. 17 years of skipping taxes??
WTF!
i know he did wrong, but i can't help but like charlie rangel. he should be punished with at least a huge fine. when you compare what he did to say, scooter libby, maybe a fine is enough. that said, he should have put his party before himself and resigned. it was selfish of him not to.
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