11/30/2006

A suitcase stuffed with $100 bills is perfectly fine.


L.A Times writes about how a Cash gift loophole allows Texas officials unlimited gifts of money without having to disclose the amount.

"Looking for that special something to give a Texas politician this holiday season? Don't fret: A suitcase stuffed with $100 bills is perfectly fine."

"Ronnie Earle, the Travis County district attorney... joked that Texas officials could reveal receiving a gift of a wheelbarrow, "without reporting that the wheelbarrow was filled with cash.""

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