Ready for the latest email rumor? Here it is, hot of the press, just came in yesterday afternoon.
Like Tuna? Here you go, follow the yellow brick road (federal gold). Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s home district includes San Francisco. Star-Kist Tuna’s headquarters are in San Francisco, Pelosi’s home district.
Star-Kist is owned by Del Monte Foods and is a major contributor to Pelosi. Star-Kist is the major employer in American Samoa employing 75% of the Samoan work force. Paul Pelosi, Nancy ‘s husband, owns $17 million dollars of Star-Kist stock.
Not going to fast for you am I?
In January, 2007 when the minimum wage was increased from $5.15 to $7.25, Pelosi had American Samoa exempted from the increase so Del Monte would not have to pay the higher wage. This would make Del Monte products less expensive than their competition’s.
Last week when the huge bailout bill was passed, Pelosi added an earmark to the final bill adding $33 million dollars for an ‘economic development credit in American Samoa’.
The email then goes on to say that Snopes.com backs it all up. Sorry Charlie but SNOPES.COM does not validate this, it says it is a rumor. And Truth or Fiction.com says there is no record of it at all. So don’t believe everything that you read in email, no better yet, don’t believe “anything” you read in email, and certainly nothing here.
The email ends with “Why don’t we get media coverage of stories like this?” and of course the old stand-by …. Pass This On To All Of Your Friends … The sure dead give away.
We don’t get stories like this because they seem to be bogus and untrue.
(Gawd, I hate email)
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