Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Deadbeat/Average guy)
It turns out that Joe Walsh, the tea party hero congressman, has a little problem paying
his own personal debts:
Tea Party hero Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) wants to wipe out the nation’s debt, but he’s got some major personal debt that his ex-wife is demanding he take care of - $117,437 in child support, according to a lawsuit revealed by the Chicago Sun-Times.
The suit charges that Walsh enjoyed foreign vacations with his new girlfriend while claiming he couldn’t pay support for his three kids because he was out of work.
Walsh’s attorney, R. Steven Polachek, told the Sun-Times the claim is unfounded.
“I dispute that he owes the child support that she’s claiming or anywhere near that amount,” he said. “Joe Walsh hasn’t been a big-time wage-earner politician until recently — he’s had no more problems with child support than any other average guy.”
Walsh has been leading the charge against raising the debt limit on the Republican side and says he won't even vote for John Boehner's plan, which would force at least $1.6 trillion in entitlement cuts to extend the debt limit through 2012. If Walsh gets his way, the U.S. will no longer be meet commitments it has already made. And apparently he already knows a thing or two about failing to meet commitments he's already made.