A senator who ran a multimillion-dollar plumbing business claimed he only took a $50,000 salary. His financial statements show otherwise.

[Superbadbrutha]

• Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin had a heated argument with the head of a union on Wednesday.
• Mullin claimed he only paid himself a $50,000 salary and "invested every penny" into his business.
• But he'd reported his private-sector salary at $92,000, with another $200,000 in income.

A Republican senator drastically understated how much money he made in the private sector as he argued with the head of the Teamsters union at a hearing in Washington on Wednesday.

While lambasting Teamsters president Sean O'Brien for his nearly $200,000 salary, Oklahoma's Senator Markwayne Mullin claimed that he paid himself a salary of just $50,000 when he ran a plumbing business. But his financial disclosures show his salary was nearly $92,000 in 2012, the year he was first elected to Congress. His total income was even greater.

"What did you make when you owned your company?" O'Brien asked.

"When I made my company? I kept my salary down at about $50,000 a year because I invested every penny into it," Mullin replied.

Like many business owners, Mullin's biggest source of income wasn't his salary. He reported between $200,000 and $2 million in income in 2012 from two family companies, Mullin Plumbing Inc. and Mullin Plumbing West, and another $15,000 to $50,000 from shares he held in a bank.

MSN

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Talk about getting caught in a lie, good ole Mullin. You gotta love him.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

Bonuses aren't part of your salary.

*****SMILE*****

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Bonuses aren't part of your salary.

*****SMILE*****

Which means he didn't put every penny back into the company.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

Which means he didn't put every penny back into the company.

How do you know he didn't invest every penny of his "salary" back into the company?

*****CHUCKLE*****

 

[jotathought]

• Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin had a heated argument with the head of a union on Wednesday.
• Mullin claimed he only paid himself a $50,000 salary and "invested every penny" into his business.
• But he'd reported his private-sector salary at $92,000, with another $200,000 in income.

A Republican senator drastically understated how much money he made in the private sector as he argued with the head of the Teamsters union at a hearing in Washington on Wednesday.

While lambasting Teamsters president Sean O'Brien for his nearly $200,000 salary, Oklahoma's Senator Markwayne Mullin claimed that he paid himself a salary of just $50,000 when he ran a plumbing business. But his financial disclosures show his salary was nearly $92,000 in 2012, the year he was first elected to Congress. His total income was even greater.

"What did you make when you owned your company?" O'Brien asked.

"When I made my company? I kept my salary down at about $50,000 a year because I invested every penny into it," Mullin replied.

Like many business owners, Mullin's biggest source of income wasn't his salary. He reported between $200,000 and $2 million in income in 2012 from two family companies, Mullin Plumbing Inc. and Mullin Plumbing West, and another $15,000 to $50,000 from shares he held in a bank.

MSN

www.msn.com

Talk about getting caught in a lie, good ole Mullin. You gotta love him.

Salary vs. total income ... apples and oranges. Bonuses, capital gains, investments, loans against assets, etc. are not salary, and exactly why wealthy individuals pay less income tax than many Americans. Media sources take advantage of the common low-information individual who knows more about sports and pop culture.

 

[bodecea]

• Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin had a heated argument with the head of a union on Wednesday.
• Mullin claimed he only paid himself a $50,000 salary and "invested every penny" into his business.
• But he'd reported his private-sector salary at $92,000, with another $200,000 in income.

A Republican senator drastically understated how much money he made in the private sector as he argued with the head of the Teamsters union at a hearing in Washington on Wednesday.

While lambasting Teamsters president Sean O'Brien for his nearly $200,000 salary, Oklahoma's Senator Markwayne Mullin claimed that he paid himself a salary of just $50,000 when he ran a plumbing business. But his financial disclosures show his salary was nearly $92,000 in 2012, the year he was first elected to Congress. His total income was even greater.

"What did you make when you owned your company?" O'Brien asked.

"When I made my company? I kept my salary down at about $50,000 a year because I invested every penny into it," Mullin replied.

Like many business owners, Mullin's biggest source of income wasn't his salary. He reported between $200,000 and $2 million in income in 2012 from two family companies, Mullin Plumbing Inc. and Mullin Plumbing West, and another $15,000 to $50,000 from shares he held in a bank.

MSN

www.msn.com

Talk about getting caught in a lie, good ole Mullin. You gotta love him.

Loved that exchange.....lololol

 

[Synthaholic]

Chris Hayes showed the exchange, and then further demolished Mullin with the actual numbers.

He also pointed out that Jeff Bezos has had a 'salary' of $81k for the past 20 years.

 

[jackflash]

• Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin had a heated argument with the head of a union on Wednesday.
• Mullin claimed he only paid himself a $50,000 salary and "invested every penny" into his business.
• But he'd reported his private-sector salary at $92,000, with another $200,000 in income.

A Republican senator drastically understated how much money he made in the private sector as he argued with the head of the Teamsters union at a hearing in Washington on Wednesday.

While lambasting Teamsters president Sean O'Brien for his nearly $200,000 salary, Oklahoma's Senator Markwayne Mullin claimed that he paid himself a salary of just $50,000 when he ran a plumbing business. But his financial disclosures show his salary was nearly $92,000 in 2012, the year he was first elected to Congress. His total income was even greater.

"What did you make when you owned your company?" O'Brien asked.

"When I made my company? I kept my salary down at about $50,000 a year because I invested every penny into it," Mullin replied.

Like many business owners, Mullin's biggest source of income wasn't his salary. He reported between $200,000 and $2 million in income in 2012 from two family companies, Mullin Plumbing Inc. and Mullin Plumbing West, and another $15,000 to $50,000 from shares he held in a bank.

MSN

www.msn.com

Talk about getting caught in a lie, good ole Mullin. You gotta love him.

That RNC/DNC owned RepubliCratic Duopoly Party(RCDP) is just loaded with honest Joes, eh?

 

[rightwinger]

Chris Hayes showed the exchange, and then further demolished Mullin with the actual numbers.

He also pointed out that Jeff Bezos has had a 'salary' of $81k for the past 20 years.

I don’t believe I make more money than Jeff Bezos

He must be very thrifty with that $81 k to accumulate tens of billions of dollars

 

[MarcATL]

If Republicans didn't LIE, they'd have NOTHING to say!

 

[Damaged Eagle]

If Republicans didn't LIE, they'd have NOTHING to say!

It's was an INSURRECTION!!! Screamed the progressive liberal democrats as they peed their pants when they saw the wooly shaman walking down the halls of the Capitol with his capitol police tour guides..

*****CHUCKLE*****