Cenk Uygur
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David Vitter Hates Solar Subsidies, Loves Oil Subsidies
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November 10, 2015
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7:55Now PlayingDavid Vitter has been decrying the evils of crony capitalism in the solar industry. He’s silent on the issue of oil subsidies, which are fourteen times more taxpayer dollars. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"But Family Affiair, a 2014 report by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), faulted Vitter for engaging in almost identical behavior.
“Sen. Vitter used funds from his leadership PAC to pay for a family outing and paid a cousin with campaign funds, leading CREW to include him in Family Affair, a look at how senators and their family members profit from their official positions,” the watchdog found.
It alleged that “In July 2013, Sen. Vitter’s leadership PAC reported paying the Baltimore Orioles $212 for game tickets, and the senator later posted on his Facebook page that his two daughters and his son visited Washington, D.C., and had ‘lots of fun — staff barbecue party, Orioles game and more.'” It also noted that “Sen. Vitter’s campaign also paid his cousin, Jim St. Raymond, more than $19,000 over the 2010 and 2012 election cycles for campaign strategy and direct mail services.” Technically a cousin would not violate Vitter’s proposed “immediate family” standard and single-game tickets would not quality as “season tickets.””*
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