I don’t know if you caught it, but Congress passed their annual raises. This is scheduled to be accomplished without receiving attentio grabing headlines, so they do it in the middle of the night as we head into a weekend. Wouldn’t it be sweet to vote iyourself a pay increase?
Congress avoids public awareness of their pay increases so they can prevent receiving the anger of the voters. They know that the public has been angered over the pay packages that many of those businesses receiving TARP are paying their upper management, but why is nobody angry about the pay increase for Congress.? Probably because its done during the cover of darkness……
BTW, If there is no inflation in the system, as stated by the government, (re. COLA and Social Security this year), why is the Congress getting a raise? Shouldn’t they be set to the same standards that they are trying to set for others?
While we are at that, why aren’t our dear elected officials paid for their performance? The country is in deficit, therefore they should certainly not get a raise. Perhaps they should pay for the right to be in Congress.
Many traders in the financial community are paid a fixed salary, and then paid a bonus based upon their performance. Our elected officials have run our country into the ground and nobody is squawking about it.
Well, I say, “Throw the bums out!”
The fox is watching the hen house; which is a formula for disaster. We, the citizens of the USA, are suffering like serfs. Our elected officials treat themselves as if they are a ruling class! It is time for a change,.
I would welcome a change that would have our elected officials live as we do, on social security and retirement, they shouldn’t have a seperate plan. Congressional representatives should be compelled to live with the same health insurance system that they’re trying to force upon us. If we do that, then Congress will fix the system. We are just perpetuating bad behavior by not forcing Congress to live as we have to live.
And that’s my rant, now back to football….Jurgens
