Well, with word now coming that our stellar members of Congress are now angling for a way to get themselves a pay raise, I think it’s only fair to say that it’s becoming painfully obvious that they are no longer the least bit interested in even trying to keep up the charade that they are responsible individuals interested only in working on what’s best for the country, and the people. Obviously they are far more interested in working only on what’s best for themselves. And with the number of hours these boobs put in, far from deserving a pay raise, these pathetic clowns are only deserving of a pay cut, and a big one!
Let’s face it, what exactly is it that they feel
they have done over the course of the last few years that could in any way have
convinced them they are now deserving of a raise? I’m serious.
Have I missed some big important bill that does something about securing
our southern border or does something to curb the massive flood of illegals coming
into my country? Or, has there been at
least some modest attempt to reel in our astronomical national debt? No? Because unless they’ve done something about either
of these two very important issues then I’m afraid I just don’t see them being
worthy of receiving any kind of a raise.
I mean really, I see no reason for sugarcoating
things, let’s just call these people what they truly are, just a bunch posturing
liars who have yet to solve, or even TRY to solve, ANY of our numerous pressing
problems since being first elected to their prestigious positions. They only succeed in making matters far
worse! And most have chosen to simply
ignore the oaths they took upon assuming their office just as they have also decided
that they are free to disregard how the Constitution makes pretty clear what
their role is in our form of government, and that it is their JOB to do more
than to simply resist and obstruct.
And so we now have the Democrats, who you will
remember control the House, working feverishly to come up with a way to
unfreeze the cap on congressional salaries that would result in a $4,500
cost-of-living raise next year. Congress
froze base congressional salaries at $174,000 during the recession in 2009.
However, Democrat lawmakers are planning to capitalize on the chugging Trump
economy by pushing to resume their previously automatic cost-of-living
increases. The party has scheduled a
vote on a $1 Trillion spending package next week that includes the annual bill
funding congressional operations.
And it is this same measure that also just so
happens to have conveniently left out language that has been in effect since
2010 that would prevent lawmakers from receiving an annual cost-of-living
increase to the $174,000 base salary for rank-and-file lawmakers. Slimy Democrat Evan Hollander said there’s
significant bipartisan support for such a measure. He said, “There is strong bipartisan support
for these modest inflation adjustments.”
Well no shit, Sherlock! And
that’s somehow supposed to make me what, exactly? To feel sorry for these overpaid, underworked
crooks? Sorry, but that just ain’t
happenin’.
And then it was this very same boob who then went on
to say, “If members want to alter or eliminate the [cost-of-living adjustment],
they should do so through the authorizing process — not appropriations
bills.” And if all goes as Democrats
hope it will, lawmakers will see a $4,500 raise next year. It was Steny ‘Gasbag’ Hoyer who actually
acknowledged the difficulty of the change from an optics standpoint. He said, “I don’t have any intention of
recommending that we turn it off.” And he
added, “It’s not only having an effect on members of Congress, it’s compressing
salary structure.”
And it was old Steny who then went on to say, “I
don’t think there’s ever a time when people think it’s very good politically to
do.” He continued by saying, “In this
present climate, where the president says we have one of the best economies in
the entire history of the world, I don’t know.”
Lawmakers would now be making roughly $208,000 base per year if not for
the decade-long pause on automatic increases.
And if you break down how much these clowns make to the actual number of
hours worked, they’re likely making $500 an hour. Which is most certainly a
good gig if you can manage to con voters into voting you into such a cushy
job.
And frankly, I find it all a bit disingenuous that it’s
the very same people who are now so very enthusiastically pushing for
Socialism, and who are already making insane amounts of money, that are the
same one essentially saying , “I deserve more money that the taxpayers should
be forced to cough up.” And they
actually seem to have convinced themselves that they are somehow really deserving
of making more money. Yup, self-serving
to the end! President Trump donates his
salary to rehabilitate military cemeteries and backstabbing members of Congress
want a raise even as they continue the job of selling out America.
And just in case you haven’t been keeping up, we’re
now over 20 Trillion dollars in debt, and speaking for myself what I would be
recommending is that we start garnishing the wages of these useless hacks until
such time that they finally start doing something to address that. After all, we the people didn’t create this
mess, THEY did! Or here’s another idea,
how about we have every member of Congress working for free until such time
they are able to approach the spending of the people’s money in a much more
responsible way. But then I suppose
something like that is purely wishful thinking on my part.
Collectively these so-called ‘leaders’ that we’ve
managed to keep electing, have done squat since this Congress began except to
conspire against the legitimately elected president. They have done absolutely
nothing when it comes to solving the many problems facing Americans today. They are far too concerned about paving the
way for those wanting to come to this country illegally, and those already
here, illegally, and to encourage what is little more than the outright
butchering of babies while at the same time paying off their campaign
obligations to their rich party friends.
They care little for working class Americans.
What we have now managed to bring down upon
ourselves is nothing less than the very same sort of tyrannical government that
our Founders had tried to prevent, and in their own way had tried to warn us
against. And it’s all thanks to a growing
number of uneducated, and uninformed, voter's, who seem to have made somewhat
of a conscious decision to abdicate their responsibility, as citizens, to elect
those to Congress who will actually represent we the people. Voters need to be far more selective when deciding
for whom to vote. We need to do our
homework and look beyond idiotic campaign ads that are nothing more than
propaganda.
It’s all pretty ironic really. We the people would like our immigration laws
upheld, meanwhile the Democrats just want a raise. Most of us would like to see a wall built,
the Democrats want a raise. We would
like to see the issue of our crumbling infrastructure finally being addressed,
the Democrats want a raise. A great many
of us would like to see our out of control spending being addressed, and perhaps
some much needed spending cuts applied, the Democrats want a raise. And it is a great many people who want the
Democrats to go straight to Hell and to not pass go and to get NO raise!
And you know, as much as they would like to, and try
to, Democrats can’t have it both ways.
How is it that they can call it ‘serving’ our country when they’re
collecting outrageous salaries and are the beneficiaries of even more
outrageous benefits? They get everything
free travel, food, even haircuts, not to mention them and their families all
getting rich from various types of insider trading. They should be treated more like employees
after all they’re supposed to work for us, it’s not the other way around. And perhaps a good way to determine their pay
would be to base it on the average pay of their constituents. That would be fair.
And how is it that any of these clowns are able to
maintain a straight face when claiming their need for a bigger paycheck? And
yet, it’s these very same overpaid scumbags who repeatedly drag their feet whenever
there is any mention of a pay raise for those in the military and yet are right
out front regarding those poor folks servicing in Congress who are barely able
to make ends meet. And it is the very
ones now trying to erode the very foundation, ideals and principles that
America was founded on that have the gall to feel that they deserve MORE money
for taking part in this type of treachery.
And if we’re being honest here, being a member of Congress was NEVER meant to be something one could make a career out of. And while everyone wants to get paid way more than they're worth but few actually get to set their own pay. Why not put the measure up to the ‘popular’ vote and see how that turns out? And it would be in a perfect world that those in Congress would meet up for 30 days every two years, in case of emergency, and only get compensated for food and lodging for that time. The rest of their time would be spent close to their constituents working, and living, in the environment their legislation creates.
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