Fact 9 : Bob Menendez voted for a tax on the sale of homes

Fact 9 : Sen. Bob Menendez voted to enact a new tax on the sale of homes of 3.8%.

In 2010 Sen. Bob Menendez voted to enact a brand-new tax on the sale of homes. Sen. Bob Menendez voted for this during one of the most horrific housing markets in recent history. When families are struggling to sell their homes, as housing prices plunge Sen. Bob Menendez voted to take even more money from families struggling to sell their homes.

Sale price of home           Cost of new Menendez tax

$200,000                            $7,600

$300,000                            $11,400
$500,000                            $19,000
$700,000                            $26,000

Source : Forbes (7/24/2012) and Senate voting records

Fact 8 : Under Bob Menendez gas prices are up more than 150%

Fact 8 : Under Sen. Bob Menendez gas prices are up more than 150%

Since Sen. Menendez first went to Washington DC in 1993 as a congressman gas prices are up more than 150% Gas has gone from only $1 a gallon in 1993 to now approaching $4 a gallon, killing jobs and hurting hard-working New Jersey families!

Source : The U.S. Energy Information Administration

Fact 7 : Under Bob Menendez unemployment skyrocketed from 4.7 to 8.5%

Fact 7 : Under Sen. Bob Menendez unemployment skyrocketed from 4.7 to 8.5%

Sen. Bob Menendez promised us better, but gave us worse in the United States Senate. Under his time unemployment has skyrocketed leaving millions unable to support their families!

Source : U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2/9/12å

Fact 6 : Bob Menendez voted to give tax breaks to those who own private jets

Fact 6 : Sen. Bob Menendez voted to give tax breaks to the 1%, those who own private jets.

In 2009 Sen. Bob Menendez voted to give a tax break to those who buy private jets a.k.a. the 1% Sen. Bob Menendez claims to be a champion of the middle class, but yet his actions speak louder than his words.

Source : The Associated Press and Senate voting records

Fact 5 : The national debt has increased over $11 trillion during Bob Menendez's time in Washington

Fact 5 : The national debt has increased $11,012,733,323,106.20 trillion during Bob Menendez's time in Washington. 

When Bob Menendez frist went to Washington as a congressman back in 1993 the national debt was only $4 trillion not $15,424,222,206,245.62 that it is today. To put in perspective how much the national debt has increased during Sen. Bob Menendez's time in Washington you could purchase over 16 million Ferrari Enzo's at a cost of $670,000 each! 

Source : U.S. Department of the Treasury, 

Bureau of the Public Debt

Fact 4 : Bob Menendez received over $1,100,000 from big drug companies

Fact 4 : Sen. Bob Menendez received $1,163,336 from big drug companies.

Sen. Bob Menendez claims to have the interest of the people at heart, but how can he when he's in the pocket of big drug companies! 

Source : www.OpenSecrets.org campaign contributions 

from 2006 - 2012

Fact 3 : Bob Menendez was under federal investigation for ethics violations

Fact 3 : Sen. Bob Menendez was under federal investigation for criminal and ethics violations from 2006 till 2011. 

The investigation stems from then Congressman Bob Menendez receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from a supposedly nonprofit organization (North Hudson Community Action Corp.) who was receiving millions in federal grant money. 

 Source : The Washington Times 9/17/06, The Record 11/12/06, 

The Star-Ledger 10/23/11