Many in Congress (e.g., Ted Kennedy) are beneficiaries of “old money” trust funds. His father, Joe Kennedy, made much of his money from illegal “bootlegging” enterprises during prohibition, laundering this dirty money into legitimate business enterprises through front corporations. I also understand much of Kennedy’s money is held in “offshore” tax havens, allowing Teddie to draw non-taxable pocket money. One of Teddie’s nephews (I forget which one) once boasted, during a drunken campaign speech, that he’d “never worked a f***ing day in his life”. One could argue that neither has Ted, so let the invesigation begin with him….and continue with the remainder of Congress, who live high on the hog on “influence peddling” dollars, disguised as campaign contributions.
