Charlie Rangel is a hypocrite

I previously posted that Charlie Rangel is a moonbat and I stand by that assessment. However, he needs to be further identified by another adjective - hypocrite.

One of the most vociferous congressional critics of President Bush's so-called tax cuts for the rich, Rep. Charles Rangel, is also one of the House's most "vigorous" advocates of restoring a tax loophole that allowed multimillionaires to evade up to 90% of their personal federal income taxes.

Not too surprising since Rangel is also the guy who sponsored a bill to reinstate the military draft at the same time he was claiming the Bush administration was planning to reinstate the draft after the 2004 election and then he voted against his own bill. Rangel is one of the nastiest members of congress and exemplifies all that is wrong with the political system.

But why is Rangel supporting this legislation?

Since 1998, 37 Virgin Islands taxpayers have ponied up a combined total of $38,700 for Mr. Rangel's re-election fund, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Donors include retirees, realtors, investors, bankers, attorneys, and prominent local entrepreneurs, including representatives of the AH Riise duty-free chain and Virgin Islands Rum Industries. Mr. Rangel said the donations, some of which came from fund-raisers held in the Virgin Islands, had not inspired his activism on the EDC matter.

These sort of loophole games are the biggest reason I think our tax code should be thrown out and replaced with either a flat tax or a national sales tax.