“Show my son the money!”
When it comes to family values, it’s hard to beat Senator Barbara Boxer. She has “diverted nearly half a million in contributions from her political action committee to her son’s political consulting firm from 2001 to 2009, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings,” according to the Red State blog.
Boxer and Associates, owned by son Douglas Boxer, has in the last 8 years profited to the tune of $497,409.17, $36,000 of which was from last year alone as the politically-vulnerable Boxer readies for a contentious reelection campaign in the fall. These $36,000 in fees are supplementary to the $141,000 Boxer’s leadership PAC awarded her son in 2008 for fundraising consulting.
Why is this an issue?
To the near-exclusion of regular citizens, Boxer’s “PAC for a Change” is largely supported by labor unions, malpractice law firms, and the entertainment industry — on whose behalf Douglas Boxer will no doubt lobby his mother in return for their generous support over the last 8 years.
A new law that is on the books this year makes the practice of legislators paying their spouses or domestic partners to work on their campaigns illegal. I don’t think this applies to federal officeholders though, just to state legislators.
Do voters elect their legislators so they can enrich their families? I don’t think that is what our Founding Fathers had in mind.
Congressman Joe Baca in Ontario/Fontana area does this too, but I don’t think that he pays his kids this much (since he’s not in the big leagues (Senate)). His kids have a “firm” called NJB associates, which I believe stands for Natalie, Jeremy Baca (his kids’ names). I think that this is a pretty common practice unfortunately.
Ain’t no thang! You all would help your kids to if you could!
she needs to GO ASAP!
half a million is not “helping”- that is just plain ABUSE!
I hear Linda Ackerman taught this guy all he knows. Or was it the other way around?
I HOPE THAT THIS NEXT ELECTION we can all get our head out of you know what and get rid of this useless person .
These career politicians are going to get a rude awakening from taxpayers 2010, but it’s not there fault it’s ours for electing them we must now be responsible voter and vote there A***S out!. One last thing term limits.
If the family members are performing a legitimate service, I don’t have a problem with it.
That is called a “family business”
She has got to go this election. She is a Bigot, too.