Borowitz definitely gets it....lol.

[monmouth4]

Andy Borowitz
26 mins ·
It's hard for John Boehner to relate to people trying to survive on a full-time job that pays $15,000 when he has a part-time job that pays $223,000.

[hifiguy]

1. That deserves a Pinkie Pie rimshot!

[monmouth4]

2. Hahahaha, I'll accept on behalf of Andy....n/t

[BlancheSplanchnik]

6. awww, so cute!

[hifiguy]

8. Everything is better

with cartoon ponies!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

9. I think you may just be right about that!

Especially pink ones!

[Cha]

3. Yes, he gets it.. damn straight! thanks monmouth and Andy

[erronis]

4. $223,000? That's his chump change

There's a lot more in unmarked bills sliding into his pockets.

God (if you're listening to me), I sure hope there's a sting operation going on to catch all those crook (whoops congress) critters that are taking graft and not reporting it. $223,000 would hardly pay for his tan or frequent golf trips, let alone living a life inside the beltway.

[zeemike]

5. There is nothing to catch, it is all perfectly legal.

Just call it a consulting fee or a job on a BOD for some big company...or a job when you get out...or a nice job for your relatives...and lots of free perks.

Only the fools take bribes that can not be explained as something else.

[closeupready]

11. Yep, yep, and yep. And Americans laugh at banana republics.

Joke's on us.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

7. That's the odd part -- it didn't have to be that way.

Boehner's upbringing was hardly wealthy. He worked scut jobs to pay his own way through college, and it took him six years.

A person goes through that, there are two ways he can go. The first is, "no one should have to do this, how can I make it so no one has to?"

But Boehner went the other way -- "I had to do it, why should anyone else have it easier?"

[AndreaCG]

10. College was way cheaper in Boner's day

Even private school tuition could be paid for on a student's part time pay and full time summer work, albeit maybe not in four years, though many did. There were also free or virtually free state schools. Today is totally different. Though students on campus also get more perks like vastly improved dining room choices.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

12. He seems to be the type who, in a certain context, romanticizes and glorifies struggle.

Also, as things worked out for him, they will work out for anyone who works hard. Rs love that illogical and disproven theory.