This is posted on DU in teh Gen Disc. but I thought it should be here too.

[napi21]

GOP congressmen get taxpayer susidized rent. The church gets tax free staus on a real estate scam.

http://www.scdp.org/blog.php?blog_id=47

Exactly where a member of Congress lives when on duty in our nation's capital is usually not of particular interest to the folks back home. Jim DeMint, the three-term Congressman from Greenville and current GOP nominee for Senate, has pursued a different course. He lives in a church.

Well, it's not really a church, but a four-story townhouse on C Street two blocks from the Capitol. In 2002, Lisa Getter of the Los Angeles Times reported that the 8,000-square-foot townhouse has 12 bedrooms, nine bathrooms, five living rooms, three offices, a kitchen and a small chapel. DeMint is one of eight members of Congress who live there, paying an enviable $600 a month rent in a tight Washington real estate market.

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I used to live in Greer. If the people feel they're getting cheated, they won't be happy.

[Dzimbowicz]

1. From the Palmetto State...

DeMint and the majority of the SC repuglican are in league with the fundies; many of them think they are doing "God's will" and think they are above the law. In reference to your statement about being from Greer and that if the people there knew about this they would not be happy... In my opinion, I do not think many would mind (although I might be wrong). Remember, DeMint is from Greenville, the home of Bob Jones "University", Lindsay Graham and other holy rollers; and any group of people who would allow such a place like BJU to exist in their city would probably be proud that their candidate is residing in a church.