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Eating Out of House and Home: Republican Opposes New Taxes By Noting That He Needs $200,000 a Year for Food

There may be need for an intervention in Congress after Rep. John Fleming, a Louisiana Republican, admitted to what appears an eating disorder. Fleming went on television to denounce Obama’s plans to tax the wealthy and explained how he really does not have a lot of income left over from earning $6.3 million a year from his string of Subway and UPS businesses. He insists that after paying taxes, salaries, and support for his businesses, he only takes home $600,000 — of which $200,000 goes to food for his family. Fleming is the father of four adult children and lives alone with his wife.

That is a lot of food. $547.95 a day. That would allow $182.65 for breakfast, $182.65 for lunch, and $182.65 for dinner. A shrimp po-boy at Copelands of New Orleans is $9.99. That would mean that Fleming could consume over 18 po-boys every night. At 414 calories a po-boy, that comes to 7452 calories just for dinner. No wonder he is the chair of the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs. His rate of consumption alone threatens the sea and forest stock of available consumable creatures.

In fairness to Fleming, he could have meant all of his expenses in “feeding his family” given his svelte image on the House website.

Source: Business Insider

124 thoughts on “Eating Out of House and Home: Republican Opposes New Taxes By Noting That He Needs $200,000 a Year for Food”

  3. eniobob,

    Thanks for the “tip” (NPI)… , but I’m pretty sure that we can handle him… 😉

  5. Blouise-anon nurse:

    Should that come to pass,watch him he seems like the guy who sees the waiter coming with the bill and all of a sudden he needs to go to the mens room :=)

  6. Blouise,

    I’d like to go along… (While you’re a mighty force, this will undoubtedly take two of us. 😉 )

  9. “It will be the workers who are the ones getting the shaft from an increase in the tax on the wealthy.”

    Roco,

    In your quest to defend your political philosophy have you no shame?
    Seriously.

  10. if SS had been left alone and not spent and not used to buy whatever type of bonds they buy, I would be all for it. SS should not be a debt item but an asset that is making money. That would be a real retirement account for people. But it has been corrupted and needs to go or be completely overhauled.~Roco
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    This reminds me of when GeeDblya suggested we all put our retirments and S.S. into the Stock Market. Just IMAGINE if we did!

    Money isn’t corrupt. No more than Speed kills….it is the people involved that do the damage….

  11. Poor, poor Mr. Fleming. Aside from his mere 400,000 he is also a practicing medical doctor and a Congressman. I know freshmen in DC earn $174,000 plus that sweet medical plan. Don’t know how much his practice brings in but this struggling, small businessman is bringing home much more than the 400 grand he is whining about (his “take home” before expenses was 600 grand, more than 10 times the average salary before taxes). I think the dear Rep from “out of touchland” could manage to fork over a couple hundred more per year without feeling any pain. He SHOULD, in a fair world, be taxed enough to feel the same pain his policies have forced upon the neediest in America but I’ll settle for ALL of the wealthy to begin paying a few percentage points more.

  12. Roco1, September 20, 2011 at 8:32 am

    it should be $547.95/day.

    If he goes out a lot, that might not be unreasonable.
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    Roco Roco Roco…..are you single?

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