Posted on 06/20/2016 1:19:27 PM PDT by John Semmens
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla) complains that his $174,000 annual salary plus perks is "not enough to keep a man honest. We deal with an annual budget of over $3 trillion dollars. Our piece of that action is a paltry .005%. High-ranking heads of Departments don't fare much better. Is it surprising that some are tempted to augment in ways that many find distasteful?"
"Take former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill," the Congressman said. "After decades of public service they left the White House nearly broke in 2001. What choice did they have but to try to reimburse themselves through soliciting donations from foreign governments? I've heard that Saudi Arabia has had to foot 20% of Hillary's presidential campaign expenses. We shouldn't be forcing our country's leaders to have to stoop to such extreme measures to collect their due."
Hastings suggested that "a one percent set-aside to compensate those of us who have taken on the huge responsibilities of governing strikes me as appropriate." Under his proposal a 1% set-aside would amount to about $37 billion. This would be equally split between the three branches, making each member of congress' share $23 million per year, each Supreme Court Justice's share $1.3 billion per year, and each cabinet member's share $725 million per year.
"Truthfully, there is probably no amount of monetary compensation that would adequately reimburse us for the sacrifices we all have to make when we serve," Hastings contended. "But I think we owe it to the people who serve to make a better effort at evening things up."
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Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla) complains that his $174,000 annual salary plus perks is “not enough to keep a man honest
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So your telling us ‘peeons’ that you don’t care if we have a roof over our heads, food to feed our families, or a place to crap, the only thing we should be worried about is YOUR life isn’t put upon...
FUAH!!!
How would he know? Hastings has never been honest!
It is The Ruling POLITICAL class and, if they want more, they need to demand more from their masters in the donor class.
This coming from a guy who was impeached and removed as a federal judge because he took a bribe from a defendant in a court case he was overseeing...
The irony is rich here.
So is the satire. :)
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