Steve Woods Will Donate His U.S. Senate Salary to Maine Charities
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In conjunction with filing his Financial Disclosure form with the Senate Ethics Commission this week, Steve Woods, Independent candidate for U.S. Senate has announced he will donate his entire U.S. Senate salary during his entire term (6 years) to Maine Charities. "I feel that we have a social responsibility to each other and I am fortunate enough to be in a position to be able to donate my salary and help those that are struggling," Woods said.
"Our Founding Fathers never intended for our Country to be run by professional politicians. In recent history there has been a trend towards our government being run by a wealthy political class often out of touch with the citizenry. The men who launched our great democracy were regular people. They were parents, shop owners, entrepreneurs, teachers and the forward thinkers of their day who fought back from being oppressed by ego-driven/greedy professional politicians."
"I will form an independent committee comprised of business, non-profit, and social leaders that will decide annually which local charities will be receiving the funding. I will then instruct the Treasury to send the checks directly to those charities," continued Woods. "On November 6th I will be asking Maine voters to elect me to represent them in the U.S. Senate free from any profit motive. During my term there will be no book deals, no $50,000 corporate speeches, no $2-million history lessons given to Fannie Mae of Freddie Mac. Just honest representation," Woods stated.
The salary for a U.S. Senator is currently $174,000 a year. Woods feels that amount distributed between several Maine charities will go a long way to helping those Maine families that find it hard to make ends meet in this tough economy.
"It is my hope that Angus King will join me in making this pledge. Given his significant wealth, much of it derived (directly & indirectly) from his role in public service, such a gesture would be appropriate," said Woods.
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