GOP Congressman: 'I'm Stuck Here Making $172,000'

[Katashi_itto]

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Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) appears to have little sympathy for Capitol Hill staffers and the possibility of their health care costs changing.

The National Review reported Wednesday that House Republicans met to discuss a point of contention within the Affordable Care Act, requiring staffers in Congress to obtain insurance through the new health care exchanges. In the midst of that discussion, Gingrey spoke up against the continuation of a federal subsidy for those staffers.

Gingrey said that younger folks on the Hill. may not be raking in money now, "but in a few years they can just go to K Street." "Meanwhile, I'm stuck here making $172,000 a year," he added, according to The National Review.

Center for Responsive Politics data revealed that Gingrey's Sept. 17, 2013 FEC filing lists him with $2,564,096 cash on hand. In March, Gingrey announced that he was running for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.).

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/18/phil-gingrey-salary_n_3950687.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

[Rex]

1. Nobody knows

how little I care!

[Fawke Em]

2. Maybe the good people of Georgia can release him of his misery.

I mean, if the guy hates government AND hates making a six-figure salary from it, why should the voters in his district keep him there?

[Koko Ware]

3. Gee, don't like the salary? Get the hell out of politics.

i would *kill* to make 178,000 a year.

[hrmjustin]

4. I hope he gets in trouble in his district for say this crap.

[Autumn]

5. Then fucking resign, ass face.

[JHB]

6. Break out the picometer violins.

[Brigid]

8. Is this it?

[malaise]

7. So where are the ads for his constituents

who earn under $50,000. Time to pounce on this greedy ignorant ReTHUG scumbag.

[etherealtruth]

9. OMG ... yet another completely tone deaf republican

[DisgustipatedinCA]

10. I'm guessing that a few struggling people in Georgia had their power turned back on today...

...only to find on TV or the Internet that congressman fuckhead is complaining about only making $172K per year. I'm also guessing that these people would like to spit in the congressman's face. He deserves it.

[Initech]

11. Hey Phil: fuck you! I'm stuck here working paycheck to paycheck making $12.75/hr!!

You know how much that sucks ass? You don't. You make six figures. Fuck you Phil.

[Octafish]

12. Try living on minimum wage, turd gingrey.

Perhaps all members of Congress -- House and Senate -- should live on minimum wage.

Bet it still wouldn't stop them from becoming millionaires while in office.

[benld74]

13. POOR PHIL! Check out his 2011 sidestep

In November 2011, it was reported that Gingrey received stock benefits, potentially in violation of congressional ethics rules, from his role as an investor and board member of two Georgia banks.[22] One of these banks, Bank of Ellijay, failed in September 2010 and was taken over by regulators at a cost of $60 million to taxpayers.[23] Gingrey's office denied any conflicts of interests

[indie9197]

14. What he is saying is that he is "sacrificing" for a few years in order to make connections

that will allow him to make some serious money later on when he can be a lobbyist for whatever industry was backing him.