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With economy in shambles, Congress gets a raise
The Hill ^ | 12/17/08 05:41 PM [ET] | Jordy Yager

Posted on 12/19/2008 12:31:52 PM PST by Sopater

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Buncha crooks.
1 posted on 12/19/2008 12:31:52 PM PST by Sopater
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To: Sopater

Just shows how out of touch they are.


2 posted on 12/19/2008 12:33:11 PM PST by DonaldC
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To: Sopater
Posted a couple days ago.
3 posted on 12/19/2008 12:35:07 PM PST by FoxInSocks (B. Hussein Obama: The Paucity of Hope)
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Crooks is being nice.

Some of them are certifiable criminals.


4 posted on 12/19/2008 12:35:10 PM PST by wastedyears ("Life's tough... It's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne)
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To: Sopater
Currently the average lawmaker makes $169,300 a year, with leadership making slightly more. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) makes $217,400, while the minority and majority leaders in the House and Senate make $188,100.

If you really want to get mad, look into how much they get for "Office Expenses", "Travel", etc.

5 posted on 12/19/2008 12:35:18 PM PST by Cementjungle
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These are the SAME corrupt bastards who were chastising the formerly Big 3 for not showing fiscal responsibility by accepting huge salaries, bonuses and flying to Washington in their private jets...
6 posted on 12/19/2008 12:36:40 PM PST by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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I’d like a raise! but i don’t want to work there. too many evil people!


7 posted on 12/19/2008 12:37:50 PM PST by cetarist
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Please pull - Duplicate post: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2150608/posts


8 posted on 12/19/2008 12:40:11 PM PST by Sopater (I'm so sick of atheists shoving their religion in my face.)
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I called my two females, DiFi, and Barbie, and Bob Filner D San Diego, and voiced my dis may..Boxers office was not aware she was getting a pay raise.. I compared it to my not so big social security raise..and told them in a few short words how disappointed I was at them, with the car execs expected to work for a dollar...And they should change the law so they actually voted on getting a pay raise.. so their constituents could see how greedy they were..
9 posted on 12/19/2008 12:40:46 PM PST by JoanneSD (illegals represented without taxation.. Americans taxed without representation)
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I guess throwing tea into the harbor is out of the question today. With the EPA’s bequeathed power, such an action would result in punitive action for fouling the water.
The founders of this once great nation would cry were they to see how we have evolved.
10 posted on 12/19/2008 12:41:41 PM PST by benasawin
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Good old Congress.

Yup.

You can ALWAYS rely on Congress to do the right thing!


11 posted on 12/19/2008 12:44:58 PM PST by WayneS (Sarcasm Alert!!! (for the thick-headed))
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Bookmark


12 posted on 12/19/2008 12:45:05 PM PST by dragnet2
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Don’t they get a special deal for Social Security and heath care too? Their deals for retirement are better than the UAW.


13 posted on 12/19/2008 12:45:52 PM PST by thirst4truth
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And what are we going to do about this? Nothing. We are complacent; and they know it.


14 posted on 12/19/2008 12:49:10 PM PST by ncpatriot
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To: DonaldC

Can anyone figure out what they do to *deserve* their pay?


15 posted on 12/19/2008 12:55:16 PM PST by liberalism is suicide (Communism,fascism-no matter how you slice socialism, its still baloney)
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I’m sure a lot of them are giving us the finger for throwing their butts out of office last month.


16 posted on 12/19/2008 12:55:31 PM PST by LiberConservative (That temperatures are actually falling now illustrates how fast the world is warming.)
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They voted on a raise this week, because the majority of them were re-elected, last month. They know that, when they run, in 2010, the majority of the voters will forget what they did, in Dec. 2008. Some of the congressmen, who supported the raise, should lose their primaries, in Mar. or Apr. 2010. This year, four congressmen (three Republicans and a Democrat) ran for re-election and lost their primaries. Two of the three Republicans lost because they were too liberal.


17 posted on 12/19/2008 12:58:31 PM PST by PhilCollins
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All that money and perks for the crooked bunch of people in the country. Man, are we the people the ultimate suckers or what?


18 posted on 12/19/2008 12:59:39 PM PST by drypowder
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Quickest thief wins.


19 posted on 12/19/2008 1:01:44 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Our government is an edifice of artifice.)
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If we don't pay them more, we won't be able to attract good people to the job/sarc
20 posted on 12/19/2008 1:14:43 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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