Posted on 03/21/2014 5:04:32 AM PDT by lifeofgrace
The United States Congress does not work for us.
As in you and me.
I have come to this somber conclusion after reading enough articles, blogs, facts, and budget numbers to make an actuary cross-eyed.
And I feel more at peace now because I can say “wow, that explains a lot. That explains everything.”
I won’t inflict blindness on you by citing every possible statistic here.
Here’s a few:
⁃ Starting Congressional Base Salary $174,000 ⁃ Average First Year Attorney Salary - Washington DC: $160,000 ⁃ Total Congressional Pay + Expenses (not including office expenditures): $233,000,000 ⁃ Estimated Total Campaign Funding in 2014: $1,049,000,000
The amount spent on Congress includes expenses and benefits for active members (not including pensions and other fringe benefits that can’t easily be tracked).
It costs 4 times the amount the government spends on Congress to elect them to office every 2 years (6 years for Senate).
The parties have a $74 million war chest, after raising $364 million in 2013. The Super PACs raised an additional $141 million so far.
Common sense rule: you work for who pays you.
(Excerpt) Read more at thanks-project.blogspot.com ...
Break in contact with the Hall Moniter. Dang, and it was just getting to be a fun thread to follow.
I believe he's in his room polishing his Official Monitor Badge ... or polishing something.
Well, there's a lot of rubbing going on, anyway.
LMAO.
LOL.....LAND SHARK!
(So, that’s what happened to our *Hall Monitor* :)
His last post -
http://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3137028/posts?page=299#299
You can see my response in the following post #300.
If you click that link, I think you’ll get what Paul Harvey called “The Rest Of The Story.”
Candygram ....
Looks to be well fed.
Herding cats is a hungry job.
Land Shark jumped the shark.
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