Saturday, April 15, 2006

 

The Economic Correlation Between Pipers And Tunes

"The Cheneys owed $529,636 in federal taxes on taxable income of $1,961,157 in 2005,according to their tax return, also released by the White House. Their overall income included the vice president's annual salary of $205,031 and $211,465 in deferred compensation from Halliburton Co., the Texas-based energy services firm and defense contractor that he headed until August 2000. Before leaving Halliburton, a large military contractor in Iraq, Cheney chose to defer his 1999 salary as chief executive and have it paid to him, with interest, in fixed annual installments over five years after his retirement from the company."

Seems only fair. After all, he worked a helluva lot harder for Halliburton than he did for America last year . . .

posted by Michael 10:36 PM