That's not far from the truth, Mrsmel. The final bill included a $174,000 "death benefit" for the wealthy widow of Sen Lautenberg---who died worth $57 million.
The scuzzballs dish out $175,000.00 to a multi-millionaire senator's widow......at the same time they screw our veterans, widows and orphans out of death benefits and health-care expenses.
Pols freely stealing from veterans while increasing their own wealth.....is nauseating. The death benefit is the tip of the iceberg. The greedy pols got zillions of ways to siphon off tax dollars for themselves. It's known that once they get into office---they do not spend a single solitary cent of their own money---they force struggling taxpayers to foot all their bills.
The area around the capital----where they all live---has been designated the wealthiest in the nation. Its about time we ask how these creeps can afford these sprawling mansions, built on prime real estate, on a "govt salary."
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And speaking of Congress screwing over taxpayers---let us not forget the pol parasites in the Room At The Top.
As one example of the screw-over---Obamacare is nothing more than a trillion dollar slush fund for WH insiders and cronies.
INCONVENIENT FACTOID one story surfaced last week that the same crew that got the $634 million contract for the DOA ObamaCare website were former data/media/social media suckups from the Obama campaign.
INCONVENIENT FACTOID Incudes suckup Toni Townes-Whitley, Senior Vice President at CGI Federal for Civilian Agency programs, Princeton Class of 1985---same dumbed-down class as Michelle Obama. Both are members of Association of Black Princeton Alumni.
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(Sniffle) I'm just afraid good ol' Chicago Val got Carpel-Tunnel Syndrome setting up all those offshore accounts for the Obamatoids......all of 'em salivating over the hundreds of millions of O/care dollars they thought would be pouring in (sob).
Golly, gee. I hope Mrs O did not have to cancel her order for new diamonds---she might actually be forced to wear her old diamonds (wipes away tears).
Mrs O wore her pricey diamond bangles (bought on a govt salary?) at a Texas DNC fund-raiser, attended by "tolerant and compassionate" Dems....raising big bucks to keep Mr O in office so he could work for "the poor."
Mrs O's diamond Gothic cuff was priced at $15,350 set with 2.17 carats in diamonds and the Quatrefoil bracelet at $11,800 set with 1.73 carats in diamonds. (Excerpt) Read more at houston.culturemap.com.