Gray Ackerman: Doubletalk

March 18, 1996

GARY ACKERMAN: DOUBLETALK

Congressman Gary Ackerman says he is not beholden to the Washington lobbyists that control many career politicians. However, after eighteen years on the taxpayer payroll, Ackerman has been corrupted by big money buying influence.

GARY ACKERMAN TALKING:

Mr. Ackerman said he receives a small amount of money from political action committees. He also said the organizations have gotten an unfair and poor reputation. "It happens to be one of the finest reforms," he said. "Most PACs are working people. It does not buy influence. People do it because they believe in what you do."
Gary Ackerman,Huntington News, March 14, 1996

GARY ACKERMAN TAKING:

1995 PAC receipts, 73% of his total fundraising
(Source, National Taxpayers Union)
1994 total campaign PAC receipts, $424,017
(Source, Congressional Quarterly's Politics in America 1996)
1992 total campaign PAC receipts, 51% of his total fundraising
(Source, CQ Online)
1990 total campaign PAC receipts, 61% of his total fundraising
(Source, CQ Online)
1988 total campaign PAC receipts, 70% of his total fundraising
(Source, CQ Online)

"YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS, GARY"

GARY ACKERMAN IS A RADICAL, CORRUPT LIBERAL