Comments on: Does Sanford Need The Paycheck? http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/09/08/does-sanford-need-the-paycheck/ Politics, Sports and Pop Culture Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:21:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: aprice2 http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/09/08/does-sanford-need-the-paycheck/#comment-67641 aprice2 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:42:32 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=28962#comment-67641 You bet it's all-about-the-money. He absolutely needs that $1.4M he is going to exact from the SC taxpayers over the next 14 or so months. Her Jenny-ness is going to OWE HIM alimony unless they have a pre-nup. No doubt they probably do. When you marry for money, you earn every penny of it. She married for power and he married for money. Those two deserve each other. They are reaping what they sowed. You bet it’s all-about-the-money. He absolutely needs that $1.4M he is going to exact from the SC taxpayers over the next 14 or so months. Her Jenny-ness is going to OWE HIM alimony unless they have a pre-nup. No doubt they probably do.

When you marry for money, you earn every penny of it. She married for power and he married for money. Those two deserve each other. They are reaping what they sowed.

]]> By: Cheraw Citizen http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/09/08/does-sanford-need-the-paycheck/#comment-67623 Cheraw Citizen Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:18:23 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=28962#comment-67623 Jenny Sanford is partly to thank for this. She is the one who essentially got him elected. She had to know beforehand a lot of what the man was about and what he would bring to the table. Jenny Sanford is partly to thank for this. She is the one who essentially got him elected. She had to know beforehand a lot of what the man was about and what he would bring to the table.

]]> By: Longshot http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/09/08/does-sanford-need-the-paycheck/#comment-67617 Longshot Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:18:34 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=28962#comment-67617 If I am not mistaken his congressional retirement is six figures and his state retirement will probably be 60K a year with medical for life. Hey Wil, check that out and let us known how many clams he will pull down from various gov't paychecks. Then when he hits 62 he will pull down the max. Check out how the gov retirement is paid, by just being elected or is it by the number of months served. Then he has his military check coming in. Wil check out how the plantation is listed for taxes. I suspect he has some kind of special tax deal because it is a bird sanctuary or something. Next he will get endorsement contracts to endorse Argentine tourism etc. Bet it will be real interesting just to see what he will get but do not forget he has all these new jobs coming and he would surely be tapped as a big exec in one of them. Yep, I don't think MS will be that strapped and he has the entrenched old guard repubs who are very wealthy that will place him in a big corporation and he won't even have to show up for work unless he feels like it. If I am not mistaken his congressional retirement is six figures and his state retirement will probably be 60K a year with medical for life.
Hey Wil, check that out and let us known how many clams he will pull down from various gov’t paychecks. Then when he hits 62 he will pull down the max.
Check out how the gov retirement is paid, by just being elected or is it by the number of months served. Then he has his military check coming in.
Wil check out how the plantation is listed for taxes. I suspect he has some kind of special tax deal because it is a bird sanctuary or something.
Next he will get endorsement contracts to endorse Argentine tourism etc.

Bet it will be real interesting just to see what he will get but do not forget he has all these new jobs coming and he would surely be tapped as a big exec in one of them.

Yep, I don’t think MS will be that strapped and he has the entrenched old guard repubs who are very wealthy that will place him in a big corporation and he won’t even have to show up for work unless he feels like it.

]]> By: Calhoun Fawls http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/09/08/does-sanford-need-the-paycheck/#comment-67616 Calhoun Fawls Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:13:33 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=28962#comment-67616 Five years vested in Congress gets you a $80,000 or so pension at 62. It is outrageous, but it is what it is. If Sanford stacked the payment to one quarter on this governor salary, he could dramatically increase his state pension. Five years vested in Congress gets you a $80,000 or so pension at 62. It is outrageous, but it is what it is. If Sanford stacked the payment to one quarter on this governor salary, he could dramatically increase his state pension.

]]> By: Calhoun Fawls http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/09/08/does-sanford-need-the-paycheck/#comment-67615 Calhoun Fawls Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:11:45 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=28962#comment-67615 It is logical it come comes down to the paycheck. Nothing else makes sense. There is no road to redemption by hanging on. There is no stopping the damage. Sic, you have stumbled upon something I should have seen coming. It comes down to the pay check and free roam and board. It is logical it come comes down to the paycheck. Nothing else makes sense. There is no road to redemption by hanging on. There is no stopping the damage. Sic, you have stumbled upon something I should have seen coming. It comes down to the pay check and free roam and board.

]]> By: MKinVA http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/09/08/does-sanford-need-the-paycheck/#comment-67595 MKinVA Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:21:11 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=28962#comment-67595 jed: Sorry for the double post, I put this on The State also: Members of Congress are eligible for a pension at age 62 if they have completed at least five years of service. The calculation is average of 3 highest years of service times .017 times number of years of service equals the annual benefit. So looks like he would receive around the same amount (perhaps less) from Congress at age 62 as he will from the state system. I don't remember what members of congress made during his years of service. Around $150,000? AND under the state system, at age 65 with just 8 years of service, he gets $20,384 per year. jed: Sorry for the double post, I put this on The State also: Members of Congress are eligible for a pension at age 62 if they have completed at least five years of service. The calculation is average of 3 highest years of service times .017 times number of years of service equals the annual benefit. So looks like he would receive around the same amount (perhaps less) from Congress at age 62 as he will from the state system. I don’t remember what members of congress made during his years of service. Around $150,000? AND under the state system, at age 65 with just 8 years of service, he gets $20,384 per year.

]]> By: jed http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/09/08/does-sanford-need-the-paycheck/#comment-67590 jed Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:26:06 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=28962#comment-67590 Does he collect the congressional pension that he tried to eliminate? -- I looked around, but I couldn't find any evidence of it either way. Does he collect the congressional pension that he tried to eliminate? — I looked around, but I couldn’t find any evidence of it either way.

]]> By: scooter http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/09/08/does-sanford-need-the-paycheck/#comment-67583 scooter Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:58:04 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=28962#comment-67583 A wise man would have more compassion for the less fortunate in SC. The ones who have lost jobs, insurance, homes...partly due to Sanford's inability to manage and lead this state. But, he continues to care only about himself. What a badly behaved and unwise man. A wise man would have more compassion for the less fortunate in SC. The ones who have lost jobs, insurance, homes…partly due to Sanford’s inability to manage and lead this state. But, he continues to care only about himself. What a badly behaved and unwise man.

]]> By: Huhhh??? http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/09/08/does-sanford-need-the-paycheck/#comment-67581 Huhhh??? Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:45:45 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=28962#comment-67581 Has anybody ever seen the tax returns he said he provides every year? Where do they go? Like Cindy McCain was until 2008, has campaign manager Jenny always gotten a free ride and not had to provide hers? It didn't add up when I read the 2002 Charlotte Observer profile and they said his return for the year before he ran for Gov showed he had about $24,000 income, but didn't say where that came from. That piece said he had 3 pieces of land in Beaufort County worth $1M - $3M. Is it partner money from his Chas. real estate firm? Anyway, this has all been "I know the private sector because I worked there" myth that should have been exploded years ago by a working press. This is a career politician who just likes to take a few years off every now and then. Has anybody ever seen the tax returns he said he provides every year?
Where do they go?

Like Cindy McCain was until 2008, has campaign manager Jenny always gotten a free ride and not had to provide hers?

It didn’t add up when I read the 2002 Charlotte Observer profile and they said his return for the year before he ran for Gov showed he had about $24,000 income, but didn’t say where that came from. That piece said he had 3 pieces of land in Beaufort County worth $1M – $3M. Is it partner money from his Chas. real estate firm?

Anyway, this has all been “I know the private sector because I worked there” myth that should have been exploded years ago by a working press. This is a career politician who just likes to take a few years off every now and then.

]]> By: MKinVA http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/09/08/does-sanford-need-the-paycheck/#comment-67563 MKinVA Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:33:56 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=28962#comment-67563 He needs the money, absolutely. From what I have always heard (from the sister/girlfriends), he spent whatever money he earned buying up land around his mother's farm (which she still owns and which presumably he will inherit only a quarter of), and the house on Sullivan's is in Jenny's name only. Smart girl. Jenny's money paid the tuition and other major expenses. I always wondered what millions people were talking about when referring to him. Must be Jenny's money, not his. He wasn't that successful as a realtor other than some insider deals. He may be a millionaire on paper, but he doesn't have any real money. Interesting that his soulmate is by some reports also a wealthy woman. I have told my daughter time and time again. STAY AWAY from momma's boys. He needs the money, absolutely. From what I have always heard (from the sister/girlfriends), he spent whatever money he earned buying up land around his mother’s farm (which she still owns and which presumably he will inherit only a quarter of), and the house on Sullivan’s is in Jenny’s name only. Smart girl. Jenny’s money paid the tuition and other major expenses. I always wondered what millions people were talking about when referring to him. Must be Jenny’s money, not his. He wasn’t that successful as a realtor other than some insider deals. He may be a millionaire on paper, but he doesn’t have any real money. Interesting that his soulmate is by some reports also a wealthy woman. I have told my daughter time and time again. STAY AWAY from momma’s boys.

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