My representative and five of his Republican buddies went on a two week around the world vacation with their families, paid for by us.
We're going to need a real revolution to correct these problems.
About the vacation, see here.
BTW, I sent him an email saying that he'd gotten his last vote from me.
As Americans across the country grapple with one of the worst financial crises since the Great Depression, members of Congress quietly are getting a pay raise. Each lawmaker's annual salary is due for a $4,700 cost-of-living increase starting in January, which will amount to a cost to taxpayers of $2.5 million in 2009, infuriating watchdog groups. "Members of Congress don't deserve one additional dime of taxpayer money in 2009," said Tom Schatz, president of the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste. "While thousands of Americans are facing layoffs and