With economy in shambles, Congress gets a raise

The Hill ^ | 12/17/08 05:41 PM [ET] | Jordy Yager

[Sopater]

Buncha crooks.

[DonaldC]

Just shows how out of touch they are.

[FoxInSocks]

Posted a couple days ago.

[wastedyears]

Crooks is being nice.

Some of them are certifiable criminals.

[Cementjungle]

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.

[river rat]

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...

[cetarist]

I’d like a raise! but i don’t want to work there. too many evil people!

[Sopater]

Please pull - Duplicate post: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2150608/posts

[JoanneSD]

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..

[benasawin]

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.

[WayneS]

Good old Congress.

Yup.

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

[dragnet2]

Bookmark

[thirst4truth]

Don’t they get a special deal for Social Security and heath care too? Their deals for retirement are better than the UAW.

[ncpatriot]

And what are we going to do about this? Nothing. We are complacent; and they know it.

[liberalism is suicide]

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

[LiberConservative]

I’m sure a lot of them are giving us the finger for throwing their butts out of office last month.

[PhilCollins]

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.

[drypowder]

All that money and perks for the crooked bunch of people in the country. Man, are we the people the ultimate suckers or what?

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Quickest thief wins.

[paul51]

If we don't pay them more, we won't be able to attract good people to the job/sarc