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Wingnut scams the troops: How Tea Party quack uses fake charities to get rich
Meet Sal Russo, the man accused of running a faux veterans charity and Tea Party PAC -- to shadily pocket millions
"One of the more amusing aspects of the right-wing freakout over the former chief IRS jackbooted thug Lois Lerner and her battalion of brown-shirted CPAs allegedly putting the strong arm on the poor little Tea Party groups is the extent to which so much of right-wing activism is made up of professional grifters who really are defrauding the government (but, more importantly, defrauding grassroots conservatives themselves). Youd think theyd be grateful that somebody is trying to put a stop to this thievery, but no. Theyd rather line the pockets of a cynical right-wing flim-flam artist than pay the bills for the military, the roads, the untainted meat and the police protection they all enjoy.
Yesterday, I wrote about the resurgence of the Abramoff con game down in Alabama. Now Pro Publica exposes yet another scam from one of the right wings most prolific scammers, a man named Sal Russo. In an act of chutzpah thats aggressive even by conservative hustler standards, Russo is accused of making millions by skimming large sums of money from his veterans charity called Move America Forward. According to the report, his group has been bilking large sums from Americans who contribute to the charity for the purpose of sending care packages to troops overseas. The investigation shows that while they routinely steal other charities photos and letters from grateful soldiers and use phony documents and fake affiliations in their non-stop email fundraising, whatever care packages they do produce are actually full of donated goods prepared by volunteers. Most of the money goes to overhead otherwise known as the pockets of the principles in Move America Forward."
Wingnut scams the troops: How Tea Party quack uses fake charities to get rich - Salon.com
Meet Sal Russo, the man accused of running a faux veterans charity and Tea Party PAC -- to shadily pocket millions
"One of the more amusing aspects of the right-wing freakout over the former chief IRS jackbooted thug Lois Lerner and her battalion of brown-shirted CPAs allegedly putting the strong arm on the poor little Tea Party groups is the extent to which so much of right-wing activism is made up of professional grifters who really are defrauding the government (but, more importantly, defrauding grassroots conservatives themselves). Youd think theyd be grateful that somebody is trying to put a stop to this thievery, but no. Theyd rather line the pockets of a cynical right-wing flim-flam artist than pay the bills for the military, the roads, the untainted meat and the police protection they all enjoy.
Yesterday, I wrote about the resurgence of the Abramoff con game down in Alabama. Now Pro Publica exposes yet another scam from one of the right wings most prolific scammers, a man named Sal Russo. In an act of chutzpah thats aggressive even by conservative hustler standards, Russo is accused of making millions by skimming large sums of money from his veterans charity called Move America Forward. According to the report, his group has been bilking large sums from Americans who contribute to the charity for the purpose of sending care packages to troops overseas. The investigation shows that while they routinely steal other charities photos and letters from grateful soldiers and use phony documents and fake affiliations in their non-stop email fundraising, whatever care packages they do produce are actually full of donated goods prepared by volunteers. Most of the money goes to overhead otherwise known as the pockets of the principles in Move America Forward."
Wingnut scams the troops: How Tea Party quack uses fake charities to get rich - Salon.com
