Posted on 04/25/2006 12:15:13 PM PDT by edcoil
I was just listening to Mark Larsen (kogo 600) out of San Diego.
Mark was not in but his guest host noted that gas was up 65% in a year but congressional compensation is up 250% and was wondering why there was not a probe by President Bush as to that increase.
He's on a roll. Don't ask him to back it up with facts.
LOL You hit the nail on the head. And have you noticed that the cartridges that come with the printer don't hold nearly as much ink as the ones you buy separately?
You must be kidding...You're prediction at the end of this election is that the GOP will hold fewer than 43 seats in the House?? You've been listening to Pat Buchanan too much.
As we called it in the Army, "here comes the big green winnie again."
I agree. That I'm aware of there was one congressional pay raise in the last few years and it was a small percent, not 250%.
And Bush's weak dollar policy and the governemnts regulation on fuel haven't any effect on the price of oil either.
How could I be so ignorant?
Based on that, it looks like the gasoline is a bargain.
Partly because, back when they were the same cartridges, I wasn't the only one who'd buy printers (often free or nearly so after rebate) instead of replacement ink cartridges.
Remedial math needed, Glenn Beck.
In the AF we used an acronym - BOHICA - "Bend Over, Here It Comes Again"
Ketchup is up to about $8 a gallon. I think Bush needs to order an immediate probe into the Heinz corporation. "The poor" are being disenfranchised and can't afford to buy ketchup for their burgers and dogs.
/sarc :)
How are these two concepts in any way connected or relevent to one another, not to mention if you're claiming Congressional pay is up 250% during the same time period you have to be high. I'd like to know what sources you're relying on.
By the way, you seem to be behind the 8 ball. Bush did call for an investigation of gas prices this morning, though I'm not sure why. We've had 28-30 Senate investigations over the years of oil price gouging and never once have they found any evidence of price gouging by the oil companies.
Gas prices have nothing to do with prince manipulation, much less Congressional pay. We have hit the perfect storm of circumstances which is driving up world oil prices and constraining supply here at home. Those are things such as demand and supply ratios, with demand through the roof in the US, China and India all increasing the competition for world supplies and thus driving up per barrel prices, costly EPA fuel mandates (especially the onerous 1997 Al Gore/Carol Browner EPA mandates that were expensive and made totally redudant by clean engine technologies over the last couple decades) that create nearly 30 different fuel blends in the US taxing already tight refinery capacity, the fact we've not built any new refineries in the US since 1977 while demand for gas has tripled or more, the coming exit from the fuel additive mix of MTBE which now has to be replaced by ethanol which cannot meet the same demand levels MTBE did (and ethanol is far costlier to ship since it has to be trucked from Midwest hubs and cannot be sent through pipelines because it picks up water condensation) further constraining US supplies, continuing damage of Gulf Coast drilling and refinery operations from last year's hurricans, and the tension in Iran and Nigeria has also driven up the cost of oil on international markets as well as at home.
I wonder if you can know all that and somehow still conclude the pump prices are out of line with the reality of the oil market, or that somehow there's any logical connection to Congressional pay. No half-way intelligent person really could.
The annual congressional salary for 2005 was $162,100; for 2006 it was $165,200.
Sorry but couldn't get your link to work.
Sorry, I'm HTML challenged.
Compensation also includes health care, retirement packages, gym, day care, etc. etc.
I believe he said since 1980 (or was it '82). Anyway, he didn't say since 2005.
The only thing that is NEVER investigated is Big Government, and it embezzles more funds than any entity on planet Earth. When did we ever vote for this oppressive government that is strangling us? Where is a leader who will move to put on the ballot a national referendum suggesting we cut the federal government down by 50% across the board? I'll bet it would win in a landslide.
OK; do you have a source that would support this claim?
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