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With economy in shambles, Congress gets a raise
The Hill ^
| 12/17/08
| Jordy Yager
Posted on 12/17/2008 7:07:30 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
wait a darn minute, now that I think about, sure I know, that just a cost of living raise. For a minute I was concerned.
To: kenth; MikeWUSAF; getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
As I understand it, their raises are on autopilot with no need to vote each year. That way they get around perhaps the letter, but certainly not the spirit of the
27th Amendment:
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and ERepresentaties, shall take effect until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
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posted on
12/19/2008 8:26:33 AM PST
by
Jacquerie
(More central planning is not the solution to the failure of central planning.)
To: NormsRevenge
Considering the good job our Congress critters have done overseeing our economy they deserve every penny of this raise plus much, much more that they will take .... uh ...... I mean be given next year.
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posted on
12/19/2008 8:31:39 AM PST
by
fella
(.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
To: NormsRevenge
The whole Congress should be impeached. They give themselves a pay raise while millions of taxpayers lost their jobs or have accepted pay cuts, no holiday bonues, etc. just to keep the jobs they have. Unconscionable and inexcusable.
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posted on
12/19/2008 8:32:12 AM PST
by
Convert from ECUSA
(RINO = Big government, blue blood, country club Vichy Republicans)
To: NormsRevenge
They always get their pay raise! That makes me irate as it comes out of tax payer pockets. Tax payers who may be losing their jobs and homes.
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posted on
12/19/2008 8:38:58 AM PST
by
tob2
(No retreat!)
To: NormsRevenge
Congress knows no shame.. The whole lot of them!
To: NormsRevenge
California Assembly also got a nice little raise despite ‘Arnie’s Armeggedon”. The only way to stop this nonsense is to quit sending in your taxes. I predict a massive tax revolt in the near future.
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posted on
12/19/2008 9:35:21 AM PST
by
BigFinn
(Don't tread on me.)
To: brytlea
With Democrats controlling everything, I doubt a term limit law would ever come close to even being voted on.
Yeah, we could try to vote the incumbents who have been there for 150 years out, but most people vote either their party straight or push the lever for the name they've heard of - year after year after year.
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posted on
12/19/2008 9:49:11 AM PST
by
3catsanadog
(I plan to give the new President the same respect and dignity the other side gave Bush.)
To: Jacquerie
You’re exactly right. This way they don’t have to vote on it every year or have it on their conscience. It’s sort of one of their stealth perks. However, they aren’t stepping forward to overturn it. Inevitably, some lonely congress critter finds the fortitude to sponsor a bill every year to strike the automatic part of their salary increases. Few, if any, sign on to support it.
Snakes in the grass. I’m sick of the lack of integrity on the hill.
To: NormsRevenge
Good old Congress.
Yup.
You can ALWAYS rely on Congress to do the right thing!
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posted on
12/19/2008 12:46:16 PM PST
by
WayneS
(Sarcasm Alert!!! (for the thick-headed))
To: PistolPaknMama
Pay raises are given out in the private sector based on performance and after an annual review. What have these belly crawlers done to deserve a raise?The government has become the ruling class elite, our corrupt overlords. They just do what the hell they want.
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posted on
12/19/2008 12:58:31 PM PST
by
dragnet2
To: tob2
They always get their pay raise! That makes me irate as it comes out of tax payer pockets. Tax payers who may be losing their jobs and homes. They've gotten away with murder for years, and now through their corrupt leadership, have caused great harm to our economy and millions of Americans. The clock is ticking away as these arrogant government parasites as they count their latest, tax payer funded raises.
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posted on
12/19/2008 2:12:51 PM PST
by
dragnet2
To: NormsRevenge
Just patting themselves on the back for that 9% approval rating of theirs.
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posted on
12/19/2008 9:29:28 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: NormsRevenge
With all the furor created when they held hearings and publicly debated this pay raise for themselves, I’m surprised that they voted for this. What is that? You mean they didn’t hold public hearings?
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posted on
12/20/2008 7:52:47 AM PST
by
fhayek
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
12/20/2008 9:33:03 AM PST
by
dragnet2
To: bray
Why should we expect the same crooks that started this economic crisis to get us out of it and participate with us in it?There. I think I improved on your cogent observation.
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posted on
12/20/2008 9:47:23 AM PST
by
Gritty
(Shielding men from the effects of folly results in filling the world with fools - Herbert Spencer)
To: Gritty
Well played!
Pray for W and Our Troops
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posted on
12/20/2008 12:00:17 PM PST
by
bray
(Gov Palin isn't corrupt enough for DC)
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