“The wealthy are the most productive and valuable members of society, that’s why they’re wealthy and that’s why they deserve more.”
All the ‘rich’ certainly don’t fall into that category...like the hundreds of millionaires in government offices....productive??? Hardly.
But, but...
In a symbolic bow to the recession, Democrats included in the spending measure a prohibition on a cost-of-living increase for members of Congress for the year.
And Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., who secured $200,000 for a “tattoo removal violence outreach program” in Los Angeles. Aides said the money would pay for a tattoo removal machine that could help gang members or others shed visible signs of their past, and anyone benefiting would be required to perform community service.
Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., said the bill included at least a dozen earmarks for clients of PMA Group, a lobbying company now at the center of a federal corruption investigation.