Unemployment and a record deficit and the House decides they need a raise?

[katym]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/15/congress.payraise.ap/index.html

4,000 dollars more per year as a "cost of living raise".
How come they get 4,000 dollars, but the rest of us battling a difference in cost of living get a 50 cent minimum wage raise?

[Catfight]

1. OUTRAGEOUS! That's the REPUBLIC IAN HOUSE! n/t

[cthrumatrix]

2. tell EVERY DAMN voter you see....

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Classic chutzpah. I say they get their raise after the deficit is

corrected. When they vote for the redistribution of wealth and more revenue to the I.R.S. by restoring taxes eliminated since 2001, then they can have a raise.

[katym]

4. Agreed n/t

[Norquist Nemesis]

5. If House and Senate Dems are smart,

Zell will be the only Dem voting yes on this one.

[napi21]

6. Would that have affected the raises to military, SS, etc?

I don't think they deserved it either! But I think this is part of the COLA package. Do you know if they would have voted this dow, wouldn't that have eliminated the COLA increases in the Military and SS too?

[havocmom]

7. They have to have expensive new suits to meet with Corporate Big Wigs

when they interview for the lucrative jobs they hope to land for allowing the corporations to write legislation and do their own regulating and enforcing. Even if a congress critter gave away the keys of government to corporations, they still have to compete against the other congress critters (and their family members) for the best lobbyist and/or CEO positions. Gotta spend $$ to make $$. Just ask Dick.

[katym]

10. Agreed again! n/t

[beyurslf]

8. So they get COLA while laid off workers (like my dad) start jobs

that pay 10 grand LESS than they used to make?

[2Design]

9. it is automatic every year since 1989 unless they vote to not have it

so far they have always cut services to regular folks and then turned around and as their last gesture every YEAR they give themselves a raise

4,000 x 15 years = $60,000 in raises over the last 15 years.

They do not care about people

[cthrumatrix]

11. let the people know....this is BS

[2Design]

17. it happens every year and until it hits the newspapers no one says

anything and no stops it because they passed an admendment to protect their salaries and the raise.......they are taking care of themselves with our money

they want no services or government welfare yet they are the biggest receipients - them and corporations - and corporations have them in their pockets - if you want money for ads you have to get it from corporations

and now we have the internet - but Bush is trying to block our means of grouping to get them

[MsConduct]

12. As usual, the rich man does the

dancing while the poor man pays the band.


Peace

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. A good reminder of why I'm a socialist.

"America has it's own criminal class..politicians." Close as I can remember. I think it's one of Mark Twain's many jibes about the fatheaded morons who claim to be "public servants".

[wettap]

14. Those fancy dinners at the Spago...

... and bar tabs at the Country Club add up. We can't expect our civil servants to eat hamburger and swill Budweiser...

[librechik]

15. they passed a law a few years back that made it mandatory

to at least vote on a raise every year. So they can't really refuse to discuss it. A few brave souls vote against it every year too.

[BiggJawn]

16. They saw that Indiana Legislators are getting 153%...

And wnted to get in on it...

Inflation is what, 3.25%?
My raise this year was 2.01% and last year was 0%.

Cry me a fucking river, Steve Buyer!

[Hubert Flottz]

18. Another drain on the treasury in time of WAR!

Very unpatriotic move, like the tax cuts for the rich were!

[Larkspur]

19. Sounds like the corrupt CEO contract agreement

corrupt CEO runs company into the ground, but makes off with millions when he leaves.