Political Corruption Spotlight

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Much of the mainstream media is failing the expose the corruption in Washington, but the info is out there if you look for it.

Complacency and turning a blind eye to their activities will only perpetuate and embolden them.

Share what you run across so that we can be better informed and hold the corrupt politicians feet to the fire.



In early 2008, Nancy Pelosi and her real estate developer husband, Paul, were given an opportunity to buy into a Visa IPO. It was a nearly impossible feat–one that average citizens almost certainly could never achieve. The vast majority of purchase opportunities went to institutional investors, large mutual funds, or pension funds.

Despite Pelosi’s consistent railing against credit card companies, on March 18, 2008, the Pelosis bought between $1 million and $5 million (politicians do not have to report the exact amounts, only ranges) worth of Visa stock at the IPO price of $44 per share. Two days later, the stock price rocketed to $65 per share, yielding a 50% profit. The Pelosis then bought Visa twice more. By their third purchase on June 4, 2008, Visa was worth $85 per share.

Nancy Pelosi is hardly the only member of Congress to be given IPOs, but Pelosi has been especially “lucky” at landing them. She and her husband have participated in at least 10 lucrative IPOs throughout her career. In 1993, Pelosi purchased IPO shares in a high-tech company named Gupta, watched the stock price leap 88% in 24 hours, then seized the profits by selling the stock the next day.

The Pelosis did the same thing with Netscape and UUNet, resulting in a one-day doubling of their initial investment. Other fast and lucrative IPO flips included Remedy Corporation, Opal, Legato Systems, and Act Networks.

http://biggovernment.com/whall/2011...ng-millions-in-exclusive-visa-stock-offering/

http://www.breitbart.tv/schweizer-j...fter-private-congressional-economics-meeting/


http://insidertrading.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=001759
 
This is like OLD news, they have been doing this for years and years.Not just now.Hell go back 50 years and you'll see it was being done then too.This is why they're in office.
 
This is like OLD news, they have been doing this for years and years.Not just now.Hell go back 50 years and you'll see it was being done then too.This is why they're in office.

Never said it was breaking news.....the point is to make folks aware of what is going on so they know who to kick out of office at the next election.
 
Never said it was breaking news.....the point is to make folks aware of what is going on so they know who to kick out of office at the next election.


Ummm I think its safe to say ALL OF THEM not a single one should survive the next several votes and I don't care if we vote in joe the plumber.. He at least would be better then all the crap in there now..

themud
 
Fitting.....the US should not be funding foreign government bailouts.

Contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor H.R. 2313, a bill to repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the increase in the United States quota in that Fund, and certain other authorities, and to rescind related appropriations

The IMF has regularly put U.S. taxpayers on the hook to bail out big banks and spendthrift foreign governments. Earlier this year, the European Union and IMF approved a $157 billion bailout for Greece—with U.S. taxpayers paying the largest share. The Fund has also quietly bailed out Ireland and Portugal at a cost of approximately $200 billion.

The Obama administration has indicated that they will continue to make U.S. taxpayers funds available for more European bailouts. Reports signal that Italy, Spain and Belgium may be next in line to seek funding.

Bailing out foreign governments is not only bad policy that encourages reckless behavior but we cannot afford it. U.S. taxpayers should not be punished for the bad economic policies of foreign governments. The European debt crisis was created because of too much spending and borrowing. Nations lived way beyond their means for too long. Throwing even more U.S. taxpayer money at the problem will only make the European debt crisis worse in the long run.

http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/mkibbe/tell-your-representatives-to-cosponsor-hr-2313-to-0
 
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