Santorum's Income Has Soared Since He Left Senate

[DeathToTheOil]

WASHINGTON — Losing his Senate seat might have been the best thing that ever happened to Rick Santorum's bank account.

In 2006, the Republican presidential hopeful earned about $200,000 from his Senate salary and book royalties. From January 2010 to August 2011, he earned at least $1.3 million as he cashed in on his 16 years in Congress by working as a corporate consultant, political pundit and board member.

The financial disclosure report Santorum filed last August shows how his income has changed. Many voters are taking their first hard look at the former congressman and two-term senator from Pennsylvania following his near-win in the Iowa caucuses.

Santorum's resume contrasts with campaign rhetoric that casts him as an outsider who would shake up Washington. It also appears at odds with the image that Santorum stresses as a candidate with hardscrabble roots in blue-collar Pennsylvania and as the grandson of an Italian immigrant coal miner.

Much of the money Santorum earned in recent years was for his work as a board member for a large health care company* and consulting for a Pennsylvania energy company and a Washington lobbying firm.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/07/santorums-income-has-soar_n_1191153.html

*a health care company which, apparently, mistook autism for demonic posession
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002128565#post12

[Enrique]

1. "I have to work!"

was his answer when Laura Ingraham questioned him about this.

[DeathToTheOil]

12. Laura Ingraham QUESTIONED a wingnut?

Hasn't she sworn a Masonic vow never to do that?

[JJW]

2. Pink Elephant In The Room

is that Santorum is a war criminal. He knew exactly where the WMDs are was his cry pre-invasion of Iraq.

[mopinko]

3. and how much is he getting to be a stalking horse for mittens?

[Gringostan]

4. Just another welfare queen...

Just another welfare queen living of taxpayer dollars!

[47of74]

6. I would so totally recommend this if I could

But at least the thread is getting a kick here.

[onpatrol98]

5. Shucks...

I thought you had to be rich to be in the Senate. They're the fattest of cats.

[CarmanK]

7. Of course it has. That is what WALKER is counting on after the recall elections!

He will return to the private sector with the potential of being a very rich man. Corporate AMERICA rewards "Failure to protect the common good" and loyalty to business and corporate america policies.

[rocktivity]

8. Candidate for this year's "You Call This NEWS?" Award

The devil made him do it.


rocktivity

[hughee99]

9. I'm shocked.

Can you imagine someone leaving the senate and making a ton of money this way? Tom Daschle, John Corzine, Al Gore, Bill Bradley and John Edwards would be shocked to hear being a former Senator could be so lucrative.

There's easily a million reasons to dislike Santorum, and this doesn't even crack my top 100K. Personally, I'm far more concerned about people who's income soars when they're still in Congress.

[24601]

10. Interesting, so has Obama's

[tabasco]

11. Link?

Thanks!

[24601]

13. You're kidding right? You really know this and you are just yanking on the old chain

aren't you?

OK, here are the links, and you can even throw out the $1.4M for the Nobel as he has plenty of earned income.

2006 (elected to US Senate)
http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/presreturns.nsf/Returns/5B21CE7185D279F48525741700789CA2/$file/B_Obama_2006.pdf

2007 (1st year in US Senate)
http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/presreturns.nsf//7F7592F649AC6CA78525759900763FA0/$file/B_Obama_2007.pdf

2008 (last year in US Senate)
http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/presreturns.nsf/Returns/0EACFBA6297986E285257706005CEB7B/$file/B_Obama_2008.pdf

2009
http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/presreturns.nsf/Returns/CBBA4F0CDB3C35198525742F005A334A/$file/B_Obama_2009.pdf

2010
http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/presreturns.nsf/Returns/02F3F5B2D15B756385257876006F5ADB/$file/B_Obama_2010.pdf

[JoePhilly]

14. Another "Lobbyist-in-Chief" candidate ... watch out Newt!!