Jesse Jackson Jr getting paid well to serve time

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Wish I could go to jail and earn as much as this guy...

Convicted Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) is scheduled to receive $8,700 per month in government disability pay, as well as a partial federal pension of $45,000. That generous $8,700 in disability comes thanks to Jackson’s sudden development of a “mood disorder” as the federal government began looking to indict him. Jackson, who was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison, had no history of mental illness during his prior 17 years in Congress. Rev. Jesse Jackson has defended his son’s claims of mental illness, stating to the court, “This time a year ago I thought we may have lost him.”

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/08/15/Convicted-Jackson-Jr-disability

Although disgraced Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. suddenly developed a “mood disorder” as the feds were about to indict him, he qualifies for generous government disability payments because it’s considered a debilitating mental illness.

Of interesting note is that Jackson Jr., sentenced this week to 2 ½ years in prison for corruption, never showed any symptoms of a “mood disorder” during his 17 years as a federal lawmaker. The mental illness surfaced abruptly last summer as the congressman, a member of Judicial Watch’s Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians list, was about to get criminally charged.

The feds had been breathing down the Illinois Democrat’s neck—and he was the target of a House Ethics Committee probe—for participating in a political scandal involving President Obama’s old U.S. Senate seat. Details first surfaced during the 2010 federal corruption trial (covered live in Chicago by Judicial Watch) of impeached/convicted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Jackson attended a 2008 meeting in which his top fundraiser (arrested in a separate bribery scheme) tried to buy him the Senate seat vacated when Obama got elected president, according to court testimony.

But that’s not even what Jackson Jr. is going to jail for. In fact, he’s getting off real easy serving just 30 months for illegally using campaign funds as his “personal piggy bank,” according to the federal judge who sentenced him this week. The former congressman spent around $750,000 in campaign cash on outrageous luxury items like celebrity memorabilia, mounted elk heads, fancy jewelry and cashmere caps.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2013/08/jackson-jr-s-last-minute-mood-disorder-qualifies-for-disability/

[lostinblue 1,989]

They know all the tricks to milk the system. Father taught him well

[spookyturtle 9,466]

They know all the tricks to milk the system. Father taught him well

Who is "they"?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Who is "they"?

Like you really gotta ask.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Like you really gotta ask.

So he means elected officials.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Who is "they"?

I take it he means the poverty pimps who do nothing but sow hatred and division, by exploting people living in poverty and making racism the fault of every ill that befalls them, which only keeps them down with a self fulfilling prophecy.

now 8K a month disability ? Holly cow !

[GBCW 397]

He means Scandinavians.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Who is "they"?

Just last week, Chicago was named the most corrupt city in America according to a study by the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois' Institute of Government and Public Affairs.

The report cites federal data showing that, between 1976 and 2010, there were 1,531 convictions for public corruption in "the federal district dominated by Chicago," according to the Associated Press.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/25/corrupt-illinois-politici_n_1299478.html

Jesse Louis Jackson, Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is a former Democratic American Congressman who represented Illinois's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until his resignation in 2012. He is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson, and, prior to his career in elected office, worked for his father in both the elder Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign and his social justice, civil rights and political activism organization, Operation PUSH. Jackson's wife, Sandi Jackson, served on the Chicago City Council. He served as a national co-chairman of the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.^[2] Jackson established a consistent liberal record on both social and fiscal issues,^[3] and he has co-authored books on civil rights and personal finance.

In October 2012, Jackson was investigated for financial improprieties including misuse of campaign funds. Jackson resigned from Congress on November 21, 2012, citing mental and physical health problems, including bipolar disorder, clinical depression, and gastrointestinal problems. On February 8, 2013, Jackson admitted to violating federal campaign law by using campaign funds to make personal purchases.^[4] Jackson pleaded guilty on February 20, 2013 to one count of wire and mail fraud.^[5] On August 14, 2013, he was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.^[6]

just one of many

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Chicago has nothing on Tallahassee. They're amateurs up there. You can tell because they actually get busted. In Tallahassee, they perfected the game and get away with it.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Just last week, Chicago was named the most corrupt city in America according to a study by the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois' Institute of Government and Public Affairs.

The report cites federal data showing that, between 1976 and 2010, there were 1,531 convictions for public corruption in "the federal district dominated by Chicago," according to the Associated Press.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/25/corrupt-illinois-politici_n_1299478.html

Jesse Louis Jackson, Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is a former Democratic American Congressman who represented Illinois's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until his resignation in 2012. He is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson, and, prior to his career in elected office, worked for his father in both the elder Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign and his social justice, civil rights and political activism organization, Operation PUSH. Jackson's wife, Sandi Jackson, served on the Chicago City Council. He served as a national co-chairman of the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.^[2] Jackson established a consistent liberal record on both social and fiscal issues,^[3] and he has co-authored books on civil rights and personal finance.

In October 2012, Jackson was investigated for financial improprieties including misuse of campaign funds. Jackson resigned from Congress on November 21, 2012, citing mental and physical health problems, including bipolar disorder, clinical depression, and gastrointestinal problems. On February 8, 2013, Jackson admitted to violating federal campaign law by using campaign funds to make personal purchases.^[4] Jackson pleaded guilty on February 20, 2013 to one count of wire and mail fraud.^[5] On August 14, 2013, he was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.^[6]

just one of many

Because the face of corrupt politicians can only be black. America has never seen a white corrupt politician? Why don't you throw salt on your own race sometimes Lost?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Because the face of corrupt politicians can only be black. America has never seen a white corrupt politician? Why don't you throw salt on your own race sometimes Lost?

Blago was black, wasn't he?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Blago was black, wasn't he?

Why is it that you always have to call me out man? I understand you are a big dog, but really?

Why don't you just let me win for once. sigh.... I give up.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Why is it that you always have to call me out man? I understand you are a big dog, but really?

Why don't you just let me win for once. sigh.... I give up.

Wait a minute, I'm supporting your argument here. Why so testy?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Wait a minute, I'm supporting your argument here. Why so testy?

You, supporting me? Wow!

The steal my heart and hope to die.

You know I knew this the first time, right?

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Because we know that only black politicians can be corrupt. Oh wait, what about Rick Perry?