Ummm... Lessee... How about a yacht, a mansion and a Rolls Royce... Hold the mayo...
you want fries with that...?
i'm beyond being surprised... i guess i've just had to go numb... my outrage meter redlined many months ago...
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Prosecutors call it a corruption case with no parallel in the long history of the U.S. Congress. And it keeps getting worse. Convicted Rep. Randall "Duke" Cunningham actually priced the illegal services he provided.
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The sentencing memorandum includes the California Republican's "bribery menu" on one of his congressional note cards, "starkly framed" under the seal of the United States Congress.
The card shows an escalating scale for bribes, starting at $140,000 and a luxury yacht for a $16 million Defense Department contract. Each additional $1 million in contract value required a $50,000 bribe.
The rate dropped to $25,000 per additional million once the contract went above $20 million.
i'm beyond being surprised... i guess i've just had to go numb... my outrage meter redlined many months ago...
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