Ouch #108, Corruption Pereception Index
December 18, 2002
- Portion of U.S. population that gave a campaign contribution of at least $1,000 in the 2002 elections: Less than one-tenth of one percent.1
- Amount of money John W. Snow, President George W. Bush’s new Treasury Secretary nominee, and his wife have personally contributed to federal campaigns and PACs since 1989: $75,000.2
- Amount Snow was compensated by CSX Corp. last year, where he served as CEO, in salary, bonuses, and stock and stock options: $10.1 million.3
- Snow’s rank, in terms of the rest of the population for earnings: top one percent.4
- Average amount the best-off one percent of Americans are slated to receive apiece over a ten-year period under the Bush tax cuts enacted last year: $342,000.5
- Average amount of additional annual tax reductions for people in the best-off one percent by 2010, if the Bush Administration succeeds in converting the personal income tax to a strictly flat percentage of income, which officials have hinted they would like to do: $159,501.6
- Average amount of tax increases four out of five taxpayers making less than $100,000 would have to pay annually under the same scenario: $3,089.7
- Total amount of campaign money CSX Corp. has contributed to federal campaigns since 1989: $5.9 million.8
- Amount of federal income tax CSX Corp. paid in 2001: 0.9
- Amount of federal income tax CSX Corp. paid in 2000: 0.10
- Amount of tax rebate checks CSX Corp. received from the federal government in 2000 and
