Posted on 11/18/2005 9:22:44 PM PST by xrp
Congress Helps Self to $3,100 Pay Raise
By DAVID ESPO
The Associated Press
Friday, November 18, 2005; 11:44 PM
WASHINGTON -- The Republican-controlled Congress helped itself to a $3,100 pay raise on Friday, then postponed work on bills to curb spending on social programs and cut taxes in favor of a two-week vacation.
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I was delighted to see on the front page of moore.house.gov about your concern for where the taxpayer money is spent.
In light of this, I was very concerned when I read the Washington Post and discovered that you members of Congress have voted yourselves a $3100 pay raise.
I don't think Congress has been doing its job -- for a few decades now, by failing to deliver a balanced budget, with the exception of random surpluses now and then. Congress controls spending...or rather is supposed to control spending. Congress hasn't been doing a very good job of it.
How can Congress justify giving themselves a pay raise when they aren't doing their job? In the private sector, if you don't do your job, you get fired or get no raise.
Congressman Moore, I would like to see if you would introduce a bill in the House that would make Congressional pay incentive based. I propose that this bill make Congressmen and Senators wage employees who have to "clock in" and "clock out" on a timeclock and are paid the minimum hourly rate of $2.13/hr, like waiters and waitresses at restaurants. This would free you all up to ask for tips when you do your job well, also known as balancing the budget. So, if your constituents feel that you're doing an excellent job, you could make some great money!
In addition, can you explain to me why it took about 200 years of the existance of the United States as a Republic for the federal budget to hit $1 trillion dollars (1787 to late 1980s) yet in less than 20 years, we've managed to tack on another $1.6 trillion+ to the money that the federal government either forcibly takes from the taxpayers or borrows so that it will have to forcibly take even more money from the taxpayers of tomorrow?
I would like to hear your thoughts on these topics.
Thank you for your representation!
xrp
Oh, thank God! I was worried that some of my Congressmen weren't going to have enough to eat this holiday season.
Bastards...
Does the president have to approve this?
Maybe its time for some civil un rest
Congress is out of session? The Republic is safe, if only for a few days.
We the people deserve better damnit!
A 2% pay raise? Wow! I made 4% and thought that was low.
My son just got a 40% raise!! He now makes $8.50 an hour!
Naturally, they rarely get around to voting the raises down. Darn their luck.
Why doesn't those who were outraged over the profits of the oil companies set up a fund and send money back to the consumers who are having to pay high gasoline prices...
Lets have hearings!!!
Ah, journalistic objectivity! As rare as caviar from the Loch Ness Monster!
"The Republican-controlled Congress helped itself..."
Oh, yeah -- if it were Democrat-controlled, this wouldn't have happened? Ok, let's see the roll call vote.
Continual cheap partisan shots aside, NONE of these bastards deserve a damned additional cent, based on a 'pay-for-performance' standard.
I have never understood how this ploy does not violate the XXVII Ammendment to the US Constitution.
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