Congressman Fleming Emulating Latrell Sprewell
Posted on | September 19, 2011 | No Comments
I follow basketball more than the average person. Sadly, I think most people who have heard of Latrell Sprewell will only remember him because of the following statement he made in the midst of contract negotiations:
I doubt anyone gave him much sympathy. You can do the math. I’m pretty sure anyone with that kind of contract would have more than enough to feed his three children for many years.
I stand corrected though. Apparently, the Republican Party is very sympathetic to his plight. In fact, after Obama unveiled his Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction today, Congressman John Fleming said on MSNBC that he needed $200,000 a year just to feed his family and could not afford to pay any more in taxes. Watch for yourself below.
As a congressman, I don’t think he has time to be too involved in the day to day activities of his medical practice or other businesses. The businesses are basically generating passive income for him. He also receives $174,000 in salary as a congressman and all the benefits that holding public office affords him. Is he really this out of touch? How does he think his constituents that don’t earn at least $600,000 annually feed their families? What I’d really like to know is how he can pay 500 people on $6.2 million in revenue. Something isn’t adding up or he has a lot of part-time workers to avoid paying benefits. Although, Louisiana doesn’t have a minimum wage so they must follow the federal minimum wage. How do his employees have enough money to feed their families?
Comments
Leave a Reply