Weiner can't afford to quit the DC day job Excerpt:
Even if scandal-stained Rep. Anthony Weiner didn't want to stay in office, he *needs* to stay in office. Unlike many of his peers in the House, Weiner doesn't have a business or even a law degree to fall back on. Weiner, 46, took home $156,117 in 2010, according to his federal tax returns released by his staff. His humiliated wife, Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, earned $154,000 in 2009, federal records show. He owes between $10,000 and $15,000 on his American Express card, according to his most recent financial-disclosure forms. If he steps down, he could grovel to cable TV execs for talking-head "analyst" gigs that hopefully pay more than the $825 he gets for appearing on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher." But with Weiner's reputation in ruins, other lucrative jobs may be hard to get. "He would most likely have to go to friends in the business sector, but he doesn't have a financial background," said political consultant Joseph Mercurio. Read more here: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/can_afford_to_quit_the_dc_day_job_bW10b5FRwsvEJxDTyi7MYI I personally don't buy it. He could get a job on MSNBC lickety split. He could become a spokesman for an online dating service. Both would probably pay more (at least up front, who knows what is going on behind the scenes). J - Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative. - Kurt Vonnegut ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338779 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
