Convicted politicians can't cash in on pensions

It sure sucks being stuck in Sailer's right-wing extremist world of fraud, lies, pedophilia, hatred, and crime. Laws are toughening on their warped sexual preferences for children, and now it has expanded to cover other crime areas such as fraud, another crime area dominated by right-wing politicians.

Crooks and Liars has this news entry of a new law where politicans will be unable to collect on federal pensions if they are convicted of a felony.

Former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, behind bars for bribery, can at least be consoled by the federal pension he'll continue to collect. Current or future lawmakers convicted of crimes may not be so lucky.

The Senate on Friday voted 87-0 to strip away the pensions of members of Congress convicted of white-collar crimes such as bribery, perjury and fraud. That could result in benefit losses of more than $100,000 a year.

"With this vote, we are preventing members of Congress who steal or cheat from receiving a lifelong pension that is paid for by the taxpayers," said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., sponsor of the measure with Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo.

The pension measure was attached to a comprehensive ethics and lobbying bill that the Democratic-controlled Senate, trying to improve the image of Congress after the scandals of last year, took up as its first legislative act of the year.

The Democrats' return to power in both the House and Senate came after a campaign in which they stressed the "culture of corruption" under GOP rule.

Just like Sailer's dead-end situation, the right-wing GOP has much to fear, as tougher criminal laws are certainly going to hurt and ruin them bad.