No wonder he’s a little stressed out.
Rep. Joe Wilson’s, R-S.C., outburst last week on the house floor during President’s Obama’s joint session speech on health care legislation has become the interruption heard around the world this week (Kanye West’s outburst at MTV’s Video Music Awards notwithstanding). But documents filed at the end of last year could point to one explanation — he’s in some major credit card debt.
Documents obtained by watchdog group OpenSecrets.org show that the congressman has a minimum credit card debt balance of $30,002 between his American Express credit card and Bank of America credit card. And that’s the best-case scenario, as federal disclosure requirements only require elected officials to provide a range of debt. If he’s hit the maximum of that range, he could be looking at a combined total that tops out at $100,000.
Maybe he should ask for a bailout?
