Sunday, December 21, 2008
What a sweet deal
Everybodys favorite dotard and Kentucky senator has a charitable foundation that he supports with funds he gets from signing autographs and memorabilia. Before you say gee what a nice guy, consider the record of payouts by the foundation.
The non-profit Jim Bunning Foundation, which collects the money the former pitcher gets from autographing baseball memorabilia, has taken in more than $504,000, Senate and tax records show.But that is OK with the foundation board, not that any of them are likely to disagree given their relationships with Sen. Senile.
Of that, Bunning has earned $180,000 in salary for working a reported hour a week.
By contrast, the foundation has given $136,435, or about one-fourth of its income, to churches and charitable groups around Northern Kentucky. The largest sums went to local Catholic churches Bunning has attended.
Records show that Bunning is the foundation's sole employee and the only person to draw a paycheck from it.
The foundation is overseen by a three-member board: the senator's wife, Mary Bunning; an old friend, Cincinnati tire dealer Bob Sumerel, whose family has given about $25,000 to Bunning's campaigns; and Robinson, a former congressional aide to Bunning whose lobbying clients in recent years have received budget earmarks from the senator.In this time of economic hardship, it might be a good idea for the old bastard to adjust his payout ratio. The churches he gives to will need more assistance and his soul will need all the help it can get, probably sooner than he thinks.
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