Our Trump-loving senior Senator serves up a special blend of hypocrisies, red-baiting and self-interest :
"I'm not a socialist," says the Wisconsin GOP pol in his tenth year enjoying millions of dollars annually in publicly-paid salary, free travel, staff budgets, and access to other perks obscure and treasured:
And which also received a public grant to build a rail line to the business:
that saved Trump's tax 'reform' plan after a successful bargaining stance which The Washington Post had framed this way:
"I'm not a socialist," says the Wisconsin GOP pol in his tenth year enjoying millions of dollars annually in publicly-paid salary, free travel, staff budgets, and access to other perks obscure and treasured:
Federal legislators are permitted to park for free at Reagan National, in garages and lots used by passengers. Records obtained by the I-Team under the Freedom of Information Act show members of Congress used the free parking benefit hundreds of times in 2015, costing taxpayers more than $132,000.
"While it may not seem like a major perk, it is still one of the coveted benefits of being a member of Congress," said David Williams of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance.And had run a private business (in which he retains some interests) which twice received millions in publicly-subsidized low-interest loans.
And which also received a public grant to build a rail line to the business:
...a separate $75,000 federal grant...went to the company that was the precursor to Pacur. Wisconsin Industrial Shipping Supplies Inc. received the money in 1979 to build a railroad line to the company, which was renamed Pacur several months later.And let's not forget Johnson's more recent vote
that saved Trump's tax 'reform' plan after a successful bargaining stance which The Washington Post had framed this way:
Sen. Johnson is a ‘no’ on the tax bill. He says it hurts businesses (like his own).And throw in his empathy-free penchant for cruelty and you've got a worthy competitor to tail-gunner Joe McCarthy as Worst Wisconsin Senator, Ever.