Discussion for article #231653
State and federal representatives should have to follow the same protocol as federal employees, which does not allow employees to receive gifts in excess of $25.
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Wasn’t there another governor who was just found guilty of accepting gifts as quid pro quo and is now awaiting sentencing? You think that the owner of the Cowboys hasn’t contributed to a Christ Christie SuperPac soon to be formed, or a Republican campaign slush fund? This shit has gotten waaay out of control and pols like Chubby Checkers here insist they should remain above scrutiny when accepting personal gifts. Fucking corrupt POS. The stench never ends where this guy’s name is mentioned or involved.
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“Governor Christie attended the game last night as a guest for Jerry Jones, who provided both the ticket and transportation at no expense to New Jersey taxpayers,”
Sweet. No wonder Christie wanted to give Jones a chest bump.
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Its still graft, no matter how you slice it. At some point Christie will be called on to pay the piper with a favor or two. The pathetic thing is that these types of politicians and plutocrats think its A-OK with no loss of integrity to the political process, and the American people are just too stupid to care or call them out on it, or that its none of our business.
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Can you believe the NFL is still tax exempt?
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That’s pretty generous of Jones, considering the fuel surcharge engendered by the extra cargo weight.
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The idea that Christie is infinitely corrupt is nothing new.
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All New Jersey State employees receive an ethics reminder memo each Holiday Season. Absolutely no gifts are allowed from actual or potential vendors- not even a coffee mug or fruitcake. Anyone who receives a gift must report to the department’s Ethics Liaison Officer and the gift must be returned. Is there an Ethics Liaison Officer in the Guv’s Office? Was the gift reported? Or are the ethics rules a sham, with special exemptions for the "Big Cheese?
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No wonder he didn’t give a fuck about the high-five…he was getting a mile-high sloppy handjob.
After watching the inexplicable and brazenly partisan officiating in the Dallas-Detroit game (especially in the 4th quarter) it is obvious that the Dallas Owner paid for a lot more than just a plane ride.
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Wonder if he’ll skip the Green Bay Game. He should sit in the top bleacher row at Lambeau. Get in touch with REAL people, like a 400# sardine. Only good thing to come of it is he’ll make My fellow Wiss’ites look skinny.
Christie is arm candy now?
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So what’s the quid pro quo in this deal? There’s always a piper to be paid.
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From what I read the original tax exemption was made for the NFL League Office in 1942, even though the IRS has never been able to find the original application. Funny how that works, huh? Then, in 1966 Senator Russell Long of Louisiana got himself a sweet deal…In order to merge the NFL with the AFL, which at the time went up against anti-trust laws, the Senator, who was Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee had to approve the deal first to avoid sanctions for breaking those anti-trust laws…and in the process he got himself the New Orleans Saints out of the bargain.
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Christie is arm candy now?
Looks more like John Candy to me.
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Looked like he fell off the chuck wagon too…
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Thanks, that was informative.
I didn’t know…
To clear things up, according to the letter of the law, the NFL League Office is the company that is actually tax-exempt, not the NFL as a whole. The NFL is comprised of 32 separate organizations – the teams – all of which pay taxes on their individual revenue.
That’s good to know.
Also, I liked this…
According to the Senate’s own website, Chairman Long tacked the merger onto a tax bill
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The sight of that bloated windbag rubbing up against his asshole buddy Jerry Jones was more nauseating than the refs’ blown pass interference call.
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that’s funny. You know he had both hands in the finger food in Jerry’s box when everyone was watching the game.