Weiner's Ironic Dilemma: Congressman Can't Afford To Resign Due To His Former Handiwork
June 10th, 2011
Weiner's Ironic Dilemma: Congressman Can't Afford To Resign Due To His Former Handiwork
Published on June 10th, 2011 @ 09:30:54 am , using 251 words
Cr Editor's note:
Isn't it ironic? The Congressman has done his job of socializing the free market system so well that the US economy lies in tatters.
Therefore leaving him few avenues of escape into the private sector.
Oddly Fitting...
NY Post
By CHUCK BENNETT
Even if scandal-stained Rep. Anthony Weiner didn't want to stay in office, he needs to stay in office.
Unlike many of his peers in the House, Weiner doesn't have a business or even a law degree to fall back on.
Weiner, 46, took home $156,117 in 2010, according to his federal tax returns released by his staff.
His humiliated wife, Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, earned $154,000 in 2009, federal records show.
He owes between $10,000 and $15,000 on his American Express card, according to his most recent financial-disclosure forms.
If he steps down, he could grovel to cable TV execs for talking-head "analyst" gigs that hopefully pay more than the $825 he gets for appearing on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."
But with Weiner's reputation in ruins, other lucrative jobs may be hard to get.
"He would most likely have to go to friends in the business sector, but he doesn't have a financial background," said political consultant Joseph Mercurio.
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