GOP lawmaker: Dick Clark should be remembered as model of free enterprise [View all]
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Source: The Hill
House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier (R-Calif.) said Wednesday evening that famed TV producer and American Bandstand host Dick Clark, who died Wednesday at the age of 82, should also be remembered as an inspirational participant in the free-enterprise system.
Dreier came to the House floor just a few hours after Clark's death was reported, and said an ongoing Republican speech about the need to foster small businesses reminded him of the discussions he had with Clark over the years about taxes and free enterprise.
"I just want to say that as I listen to your discussion, I was reminded of how he regularly said everyone should pay their fair share of taxes," Dreier said of Clark. "He said that not too long ago to me.
"I said I appreciate that, because he knew he was paying my salary," Dreier said, adding that he had dinner with Clark just two weeks ago.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/222389-gop-lawmaker-says-dick-clark-should-be-remembered-as-model-of-free-enterprise-system
WashingtonPost.com also has the story as "House honors Dick Clark as a 'proud taxpayer'"
Hmm. First time Dick Clark's political leanings have been aired in public? I can't find any evidence of campaign contributions on NewsMeat.com for Clark. And I wonder if Clark's supposed remark about taxes is to be interpreted with the Obama or the Romney tone.
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