[gcruse]

Pay the Man

Give them the money, it's stole fair and square.
We are the idiots elected them there.
We send them as lefties and righties, but drat!
They end up Republican and Democrat.

[Itzlzha]

Who can provide the vote breakdown on the override?

I want to see who I need to campaign against!!!! I want to see how many Multi-Millionaires just upped their salary at MY expense!!!!

And I'M SUPPOSED TO MAKE DO...WHILE THEY PICK MY POCKET?!?!

If these STUPID (R)'s were to get a raise based on performance, they'd OWE ME $$$$!!!

Time to brush off the famous Jefferson quote...y'know, the one a bout a "little revolution now and then" being a good thing...

[gunshy]

I think we ought to pay congress people a million dollars, tax free, a year just to stay in their districts and not pass any new laws.

[jackbill]

The congressional raise is estimated to be about 3.3 percent. The Treasury bill for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 includes a 4.1 percent cost-of-living increase for civilian federal employees,

You folks can raise all kinds of hell about Congress getting a $5000 pay increase, which amounts to $2.675 million. Yet you don't say a damned word about a 4.1% pay increase for millions of federal bureaucrats, when the cost of living increases only by about 2%. The cost of that is a hell of a lot more than a piddling $2.675 million.

Does anyone believe that the cost of living increase for Social Security recipients will be anywhere near 4.1% next year?

Does anyone care that the federal pensions will go up by 4.1%, along with the bureaucrats' pay?

Does anyone believe that there should be a limit????

[concerned about politics]

Someone said Washington couldn't afford to give us tax slaves any relief. I guess they were right. The politicians are sucking it all up for themselves.

[Desdemona]

Can't Congressional pay be based on merit? Please?

[Jesse]

The only lawmaker to speak against the raise was Rep. James Matheson, D-Utah. "We can't afford it, last year's government surpluses are long gone, we are swimming in red ink, we are fighting a war. We shouldn't be asking the taxpayers to pay us more," he said.

Not ONE Republican spoke out against this?

Meanwhile, back at what's left of the ranch, the stock market is tanking, 3 trillion dollars of wealth has evaporated, and all our so called conservative, fiscally responsible Republican House can do is vote to spend more money, on more entitlements (prescription drug bribe for medicare) and give themselves raises.

And they still find time to send me fundraising letters begging me to help them stay in control or else...what? The democrats will spend more? How?

I've gone from being a grassroots GOP supporter and get out the voter type, to opposing ALL the Republicrats and RINOS. Vote all of them out.

[Flyer]

increasing their salaries about $5,000

And aren't they about to start a 30 day vacation? Heck, I'll give 'em a raise if they take MORE vacations - say about 350 days a year

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[Mr. Jeeves]

Pay them all $5 million a year but make them fund their campaigns entirely out of their own pockets.

[Reagan is King]

They think the treasury is just a bottomless pit of money. It's hard to tell the Pubs from the Dems anymore. SPEND SPEND SPEND while the economy is hurting. The Dems are loving the fact that we are growing the deficit again so they can campaign on it. I know a lot of it is just BS but the public believes the sound bites. It's unbelievable that we make it so easy for them.

[breakem]

Predictions for this year are for zero inflation and these folls get a pay raise.

[rockfish59]

After 20 years in the Laborer's union, I had to settle for a disability pension.
I live on $828 a month. I just got a $48 a month raise after 4 years.
I think I can buy that new Towncar now!!

99% of the gov't workers can kiss my @$$!

[Dick Bachert]

Now that John McRino and his buddies have performed THIS wonderful public service (CFR!), perhaps he will move on to the NEXT STEP and show us all that CFR is NOT actually The Incumbent Protection Act?

(PREGNANT PAUSE HERE!)

ROFLMAO!!!!

McRino has CLEARLY been spending waaayyyyy too much time in his wife’s beer warehouse.

With my tongue only HALF in my cheek this time, I submit this for your edification and consideration:

[FreeAtlanta]

bass turds, this really should be put to a national vote. I would like to select what I think these people should be paid.

[Jonathon Spectre]

BLAM!

[Bill Davis FR]

LET THE STATES DETERMINE AND PAY THEIR SALARIES...

[Memother]

Nice job - pick the figure that you want to be paid and give it to yourself - lovely