Posted on 03/12/2022 9:34:02 AM PST by Browns Ultra Fan
US Speaker of the House and American Oligarch Nancy Pelosi together with Senate Majority Oligarch Charles Schumer passed yet another massive spending bill that seemingly benefited them and not the American middle class.
As part of the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill released Wednesday, the $5.9 billion fiscal 2022 Legislative Branch funding portion would substantially boost the office budgets of House members to pay staff more.
This legislation would provide $774.4 million for the Members Representational Allowance, known as the MRA, which funds the House office budgets for lawmakers, including staffer salaries. This $134.4 million, or 21 percent, boost over the previous fiscal year marks the largest increase in the MRA appropriation since it was authorized in 1996, according to a bill summary by the House Appropriations Committee. For paid interns in member and leadership offices, the House would get $18.2 million.
Unfortunately, retirees received a Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) of only 5.9%.
This is especially unfortunate given at inflation is growing at 7.9%. If we remove food and energy (two important categories for consumers and retirees), core inflation is growing at 6.4% YoY. As such, Social Security COLA doesn’t even keep pace with CORE inflation, let alone food and energy costs.
In August, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced staffers’ salaries could exceed those of lawmakers. Members in both the House and Senate, with the exception of leadership, make an annual salary of $174,000. Staffers can make up to $199,300.
The Hill has a nice summary of the latest Pelosi/Schumer Spendapalooza, “Lawmakers feast on pork in omnibus.”
(Excerpt) Read more at confoundedinterest.net ...
no worries libs, just go buy a Tesla and all your problems will be solved! as other liberals suggested!
Drunken sailors have nothing on this gang.
“Senate Majority Oligarch Charles Schumer”
LOL. ADL in 5... 4... 3... 2...
Pelosi says, “Take that you surfs. Why don’t all you retire people just go away?”
At the massive rate inflation is running, I am wondering whether Social Security might be forced to make emergency COLA adjustments in addition to the regular yearly COLAs.
Did such a thing happen during the Carter inflation?
I recall the company I worked for in the early 80s made several COLA adjustments in addition to bi-annual salary increases.
At some point sailors sober up...not THESE guys
I’m surprised they didn’t fund a permanent wall and moat around the Crapital Building.
Nanzi is a friggin’ commie bitch. Those asshos in the Swamp don’t deserve a friggin’ raise. They need to be defunded.
Where would these idiots be without their staffers to do the work for them? They were probably facing having to do their own work or force the taxpayers to give them a raise.
20% huh I wonder if that’s the real rate of inflation...
We shouldn’t be paying any of them the way that we do. Most of them do no real work— only agitating.
There are two teams up there and we should get a discounted rate for what they actually do— only pay the party heads to vote and the heads have however many votes were elected for their team.
Sick of the useless leeches up there in D.C. -sick. of. it. When’s the last time we’ve had a balanced budget? They don’t get paid until there is one. We can’t go on with this abuse and waste.
“...While Social Security Increases (COLA) By Only 5.9%...”
My SS went up exactly $1.
“Every year, the outlaws swing out of the trees, rob the merchants and ride back to Washington D.C. for a glorious feast over the stolen goods, which they may in some small way share with a few peasants, to secure their support.”
Medicare “premiums” went up.
The DC criminal pukes buying their staffs loyalty with our money to help keep themselves in power. Criminal to the bone!!
And what, if anything will be done about it?
I’d be in great shape financially if my COLA went up 21% every year! Congress never missed any of their COLA as they were denying everyone else their COLA when obama was president and prices skyrocketed under his reign of terror
These people don’t give a crap about ordinary taxpaying citizens. We’re just an endless ATM to them. That’s one reason why this country will die.
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