Democrat Anthony Weiner’s immediate future may be uncertain, but thanks to congressional rules and the salaciousness of his scandal, things are already looking up for the disgraced New York congressman.
Upon his official resignation in the wake of a monthlong scandal involving Weiner’s risque online communications with multiple women, Weiner will still be eligible for many congressional perks, including access to a sizable pension fund. (House staff have yet to announce they’ve actually received his resignation letter.)
The conservative National Taxpayers Union (NTU) estimates the 46-year-old congressman’s pension to be worth $1.28 million if he retires at age 62 or $1.12 million at age 56. The group’s computations assume that Weiner started his pension when he served as a congressional staffer for Sen. Chuck Schumer.
In addition, NTU notes that members also participate in a Thrift Savings Plan, which allows lawmakers to rake in matching contributions from taxpayers. “NTU estimates he may have as much as $216,011.96 in accumulated TSP assets,” the organization reported.
It’s a rule that all former members, even those convicted of felonies, may receive their pension funds.
That’s right–and the plum pension will go out to all members of Congress, even those who opposed the payments in the first place.
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June 17, 2011 at 4:05 pm
tony
I think his pension should be voided. All the politicians who pull BS like this should suffer the same fate.
June 17, 2011 at 6:53 pm
c.h.perry
There should be lawsuit filed against him for breaking his contract with the citizens of United States I know he was a congressman from New York but he voted on laws that affected all Americans, and this low life still gets a 1,000,280,000 dollar pension,so obviously congress can not bring themselves to properly punish trashy buddies from the good ole boy club.so I personally think we the people hire them at the polls and we should be the ones to fire them,put a STOP to this bull crap of letting them just resign and get large pensions for life plus still have house access.When they do the people wrong then they need to be punished, to be stripped of all pensions,contact with their coworkers the same punishment as bad police,soldiers,civilian workers,who would all go to prison,what makes them think they are so special,LETS STOP IT NOW,WRITE YOUR SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN & CONGRESSWOMEN EVEN PRESIDENT, AND SURPREME COURT JUDGES<OR ANYONE ELSE UNTIL WE FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL LISTEN AND HELP US CORRECT THIS WRONG……..