Tax Cheats Using Your Money to Fund Republicans

He and brother Charles used some of the tax-evading profits for loans, homes and ranches (two ranches worth $54 million near Aspen, Colo.; condominiums worth $13 million in downtown Aspen; a 95-acre ranch worth $12 million near Dallas; and an oceanfront property worth $8 million in Malibu). He also bought jewelry and art (a Rockwell painting). Why did Bush's IRS commissioner forget to mention Wyly? He might say it's because the IRS is investigating the case but hasn't taken definitive action.

However, there could be two other reasons. One is that Wyly was not only the financier of the Swift Boats fraud to discredit John Kerry during the 2004 presidential campaign, but the Wylys were Bush's ninth greatest career contributors, "Bush Pioneers," who collected $100,000 for the 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns. (Your money.)