Green Arrow
09-26-2014, 05:04 AM
Via Politico (http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/kay-hagan-husband-stimulus-cash-111339.html):
When Kay Hagan voted for President Barack Obama's 2009 economic stimulus package, the Democratic senator hailed it as "the best way forward for working families across North Carolina."One of the families that later benefited is her own.
JDC Manufacturing, a company co-owned by the Democratic senator's husband, Chip, received nearly $390,000 in federal grants for energy projects and tax credits created by the 2009 stimulus law, according to public records and information provided by the company.
Hagan's GOP opponent, statehouse Speaker Thom Tillis, voted in 2010 to allow the state to participate in the federal renewable energy tax credit program, which benefited a bank in which he owns at least $50,000 in stock.
Hagan and Tillis denied acting improperly.
The two are locked in one of the nation's most important Senate contests this fall, and how they dealt with the $767 billion stimulus package -- one of the most far-reaching laws enacted since Obama took office -- is among a litany of issues being litigated in the race.
Yep, no matter who wins the NC Senate seat, it's going to be another crony crapitalist. Hagan voted for the stimulus bill, and then her husband got to use the funds to increase their personal fortune. Tillis voted in the state House to allow the state to use one of the stimulus program's funds, and it grew the fortunes of a bank he owns stock in.
Follow the money, honey.
When Kay Hagan voted for President Barack Obama's 2009 economic stimulus package, the Democratic senator hailed it as "the best way forward for working families across North Carolina."One of the families that later benefited is her own.
JDC Manufacturing, a company co-owned by the Democratic senator's husband, Chip, received nearly $390,000 in federal grants for energy projects and tax credits created by the 2009 stimulus law, according to public records and information provided by the company.
Hagan's GOP opponent, statehouse Speaker Thom Tillis, voted in 2010 to allow the state to participate in the federal renewable energy tax credit program, which benefited a bank in which he owns at least $50,000 in stock.
Hagan and Tillis denied acting improperly.
The two are locked in one of the nation's most important Senate contests this fall, and how they dealt with the $767 billion stimulus package -- one of the most far-reaching laws enacted since Obama took office -- is among a litany of issues being litigated in the race.
Yep, no matter who wins the NC Senate seat, it's going to be another crony crapitalist. Hagan voted for the stimulus bill, and then her husband got to use the funds to increase their personal fortune. Tillis voted in the state House to allow the state to use one of the stimulus program's funds, and it grew the fortunes of a bank he owns stock in.
Follow the money, honey.