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House Members Seek $4,400 Pay Raise
My Way ^ | Jun 28, 11:24 AM (ET) | By ANDREW TAYLOR

Posted on 06/28/2007 8:47:04 AM PDT by angelcindy

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Despite low approval ratings

Make that 14%...

and they want a payraise!!!

1 posted on 06/28/2007 8:47:04 AM PDT by angelcindy
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To: angelcindy

This should help balance the budget :)


2 posted on 06/28/2007 8:56:57 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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I think they should get a pay cut of $4,400 annually, and that's being quite generous!
3 posted on 06/28/2007 9:00:05 AM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Sic Semper Tyrannis * wahoo wa! ... U.Va. Engineering '09)
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To: angelcindy

NO!


4 posted on 06/28/2007 9:16:00 AM PDT by onedoug
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Pay them two million a year...and make them fund their campaigns 100% out of their own pockets. ;)


5 posted on 06/28/2007 9:17:23 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: angelcindy

`scuse me Boss, but I’d like a fat pay raise!
Any chance of that happening?

Sure tumblindice, you deserve every penny of it!

Thanks, tumblindice! I don’t care what anyone says—you’re all right!


6 posted on 06/28/2007 9:18:30 AM PDT by tumblindice (Hey, didja get the number of that truck? The one that just flattened both parties.)
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433 x 4,460 + 2 x 4,954 (if the two party leaders get the same 2.7 increase) = $1,941,088. i know my math isnt the best and im sure i forgot to carry the one somewhere.


7 posted on 06/28/2007 9:20:37 AM PDT by Disciplinemisanthropy
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Oh i agree...they deserve nuffin!!


8 posted on 06/28/2007 9:20:41 AM PDT by angelcindy (I'm a Fed up Red (republican))
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It is public service. It is not a career, it is not an economic path to prosperity. Maintain a ‘home’ in Washington DC? Bulldroppings. Rent a couch of one of your fellow congress critters, or go back to the old boarding house concept that served the city /very/ well.

Heck, if you could force every member of Congress out of their fenced homes of safety and back into the areas common, I’d bet you that ninety percent of the fertilizer that comes out of Congress would dry back up. They’d see, first hand, day in and day out, what their misguided ideals has brought forward.

9 posted on 06/28/2007 9:23:06 AM PDT by kingu (No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
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Their logic is thus: “Our approval rating can’t get much worse...it must be OK to take a pay raise....”


10 posted on 06/28/2007 9:24:21 AM PDT by Snardius
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Despite low approval ratings and hard feelings from last year's elections, Democrats and Republicans in the House are reaching out for an approximately $4,400 pay raise that would increase their salaries to almost $170,000.

Employers (taxpayers) to House Members: No.

11 posted on 06/28/2007 9:27:09 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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While I’m certainly not happy with the performance of the House of Representatives, let me point out something to everybody on this thread.

A small business owner like myself, making a six figure income from my endeavors, can’t afford the pay cut a run for elective office that would result.

Its a fact, folks. Thats why we keep getting freakin megawealthy trail lawyers as House members, Senators, and yep, even Presidents.

Think about it. Its not a pay raise for this congress if you vote them out in 2008.


12 posted on 06/28/2007 9:27:33 AM PDT by Badeye ("In 2 weeks, I join the list of UNEMPLOYED". ...Goldi-Lox (karma comes around))
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If they have families, I have no issue with them wanting a private home of their own. If single or just a spouse, sure, have them in a common area.


13 posted on 06/28/2007 9:34:26 AM PDT by RockinRight (FRedOn. Apply Directly To The White House!)
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A small business owner like myself, making a six figure income from my endeavors, can’t afford the pay cut a run for elective office that would result.

I've said the same thing. Those advocating a token salary like 10 grand a year fail to realize that would guarantee that only the rich become Congressmen even moreso than it occurs now.

To be quite honest, 170 grand a year in DC isn't as great as it sounds. You could live the same standard of living on 90 grand in Iowa as 170 grand in DC. Now, that's not poor in any way and is a nice living, but let's not make it into something it's not.

14 posted on 06/28/2007 9:36:12 AM PDT by RockinRight (FRedOn. Apply Directly To The White House!)
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‘To be quite honest, 170 grand a year in DC isn’t as great as it sounds. You could live the same standard of living on 90 grand in Iowa as 170 grand in DC. Now, that’s not poor in any way and is a nice living, but let’s not make it into something it’s not.’

Exactly my point. Thanks, I figured I would get flamed for the post.


15 posted on 06/28/2007 9:42:04 AM PDT by Badeye ("In 2 weeks, I join the list of UNEMPLOYED". ...Goldi-Lox (karma comes around))
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To: angelcindy

Here is your pay raise, see this middle finger?


16 posted on 06/28/2007 9:43:12 AM PDT by hadaclueonce (shoot low, they are riding Shetlands..)
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Originally from Akron, now living in the DC/Baltimore corridor. It’s definitely costing me a lot more to live here. Although, in my line of work I’ll make a lot more money once I get established.


17 posted on 06/28/2007 9:43:24 AM PDT by RockinRight (FRedOn. Apply Directly To The White House!)
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‘Originally from Akron, now living in the DC/Baltimore corridor. It’s definitely costing me a lot more to live here. Although, in my line of work I’ll make a lot more money once I get established.’

Gotcha. I’m in wonderful Brown County, almost due south of Akron 16 miles north of the Ohio River (Ripley on Ohio side, Maysville on the KY side).

$170K here is Big Money, but as we both know, that gets you a studio apartment in DC. Then there is all the expense of maintaining two homes, one in DC and one in your district, compounded by the ‘usual expenses’ like college for kids, etc.


18 posted on 06/28/2007 9:46:26 AM PDT by Badeye ("In 2 weeks, I join the list of UNEMPLOYED". ...Goldi-Lox (karma comes around))
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To: angelcindy

Does anyone know if people in congress get living allowances for housing, etc... similar to the way military people do?

As far as the pay raise goes... they haven’t done anything to earn it.


19 posted on 06/28/2007 9:48:00 AM PDT by navyguy (We have enough youth. What we need is a Fountain of Smart.)
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NO. We’ll throw them all out and hire illegals instead. They work cheap.


20 posted on 06/28/2007 10:01:45 AM PDT by weegee (If the Fairness Doctrine is imposed on USA who will ABC news get to read the conservative rebuttal)
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