Grayson: The legend of hypocrisy, Lord of the Primitives

[zeitgeist]

Sometimes you think a light is going to go on at the DUmp.  Sometimes not.  This post goes super nova, from bright light back to DU darkness. 

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/10026667519

cali (100,886 posts)
Alan Grayson's offshore investment scheme
 Forget his calling a reporter a name, it's WHY he called him a name:

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, the outspoken, populist Democrat who thunders against Wall Street fat cats,and used to to joke about Mitt Romney's low tax bill, incorporated a couple hedge funds in the Cayman Islands so investors could avoid taxes.

Grayson Fund Ltd. and Grayson Master Fund were incorporated in 2011 in the Cayman Islands, a well known tax Haven that Romney used as well, records show.. That was the same year he wrote in the Huffington Post that the IRS should audit every Fortune 500 company because so many appear to be "evading taxes through transfer pricing and offshore tax havens."

In a phone interview Wednesday, Grayson said the funds were incorporated in Grand Cayman at the advice of an attorney he declined to name. It was a vehicle for foreign investors to invest in his funds while limiting their tax liabilities, he said, but no money had been invested in them yet.

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Grayson's financial disclosure statements indicate he has between $5-million and $25-million invested in the Grayson fund, and he lists no income from it.

Asked whether it was appropriate for a member of congress and potential U.S. Senator to set up an investment fund with an eye toward soliciting foreign investments in the future, Grayson scoffed.

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http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/potty-mouthed-alan-grayson-and-his-offshore-investments/2229497

I don't think this is a bullshit story and I don't think there's a defense for it. It smells of rank hypocrisy.
 

Comments range from estute introspection to total rationalizations.  Alas poor Skinner, you have let a wolf amid the flock and he has sheered your sheep!! (While spreading more than a little sheep dip.) Many admit 'buyer's remorse at the dough they sent this rich bastard.  I can hardly wait to see him profiled on "American Greed" .  

[thundley4]

Star Member marym625 (10,474 posts)
2. I don't blame anyone for trying to get rich

But this is much more than that

Sucks. I wish I didn't know this

Not too worry. Like all good sheeple, you will forget about it and continue to support him.  If beating and mistreating his wife wasn't enough to end liberal support for him, then this won't be either.

[Carl]

The riches of Socialism are never for the masses.

[obumazombie]

Not too worry. Like all good sheeple, you will forget about it and continue to support him.  If beating and mistreating his wife wasn't enough to end liberal support for him, then this won't be either.

Don't forget the bus full of democrats he crashed into when he was driving his mercedes DUI.

[98ZJUSMC]

Star Member marym625 (10,474 posts)
2. I don't blame anyone for trying to get rich

Uh huh.  Change that (D) to an (R) and re-post.

Sucks. I wish I didn't know this

Says more about you and your fellow travelers, than anything else.