With economy in shambles, Congress gets a raise

Originally posted by Daz3d-n-Confus3d
They have gone way above arrogance now. They don't even care what we think about them anymore. What a slap in our faces.

No they dont care. Because the same ol tired hags keep getting voted in because it seems the people dont care either!!! They know they can do ANYTHING they want or NOTHING at all....and we the people will keep voting them in office!!

*banging head on desk because of the insanity*

We live in Alice and Wonderland!!!

Wouldn't it be great if you could just vote to give yourself a raise whenever you feel like it?


Even if your job performance has been hideously sub-par level and you have done absolutely nothing to deserve one.

Even if the entire economy is in flames and sinking like as rock...mostly because of your poor performance.


It sure must be fun being a representative of the United States Congress....a license to steal!!!






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Easy Build Guillotine

And for only $25.00.

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Unfortunately that one just cuts carrots and not heads.

We need heads to roll for this.

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If you want to get literal, it's actually a magician's prop, if you read the full description.

But, my point wasn't literal.

Originally posted by MikeboydUS
We could mail them old shoes!

Send all of your old shoes to Congress!!!

That or maybe garbage.

How funny would that be. They open up a box and inside is empty Dorito Bags, plastic bottles and Soda cans, plus old Shoes.

It would be grand but I think it would make a bigger impact if we could dump it at the steps of congress by the truck load.

many truck loads

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I got you...neither was mine.

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Hey, you know... those plans, altered just a bit, might still work.

Originally posted by greeneyedleo

Originally posted by Daz3d-n-Confus3d
They have gone way above arrogance now. They don't even care what we think about them anymore. What a slap in our faces.

No they dont care. Because the same ol tired hags keep getting voted in because it seems the people dont care either!!! They know they can do ANYTHING they want or NOTHING at all....and we the people will keep voting them in office!!

*banging head on desk because of the insanity*

We live in Alice and Wonderland!!!

Yes it is the same ole tired hags,who is voting for these people?

Is it all a scam?

BTW, Palin turned down her 25,000 raise.

The system is so established that this will go on and on until it all finally falls apart (which might be soon).
These clowns know nothing of the real world that most of us live in. I bust my rear every stinking day and have made the same lousy wage for the past 3 years because times are tough and employees where I work don't get any sort of COLA, performance raise, nothing!

I am a firm believer in Karma and by God, they will be also one day.

More contempt for the masses, right in all of our faces. They hand our tax dollars over to all the fraud criminals and make us the ruling class debt-slaves for eons to come, then kick us all square in the cajones and spit in our faces by patting themselves on the back and giving each other raises. All while having a record breaking DISAPPROVAL rating.

If that doesn't EPITOMIZE what serious trouble we are in as a nation, and how non-existent we truly are to these criminals, than nothing does.

These thugs are all laughing in our faces.

Originally posted by nyk537
Funny, I didn't get any cost of living adjustment this year.

The cost of living MUST have gone down this year!

I'm only making about half of what i made last year!
(and barely holding on!)!

And still you do nothing.




This is most certainly not a one-line post.
See?

With CEO's taking a pay cut, US congressmen and women had no choice but to get a pay increase. After all, the CEO's can no longer afford those "donations" they often pay out to congress. With that in mind, what is congress to do? Live like the middle class they suggest they are working for, or cover their asses with a pay raise. Tough choice.

Originally posted by tankthinker
dont you see they want you to know about this, they want you to get mad, they want you to rebel

Negative, they release this on the Friday before Christmas for a reason. Today is one of the least observant news days of the year. You notice how much of today's news was stuff people had to announce but really did not want you to see?

It's so cuuute when ATSers get mad.

Complain all you want, all you're doing is ruining your day.

You can either do something about it, do nothing, or do nothing and complain about it. I see we've all chosen the last one!

--> Puts on shocked and angry face

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Doesn't that just figure. These are the people who make the rules and laws and clearly have no scruples left.
You know that they are going to say that this raise was put in place long ago, during better times, but what you won't hear is anyone of those greedy people scheduling a vote to resend this raise.

Well it seems that when you're in the club you can do whatever the hell you want, anytime you want.

Anyone still naive enough to think that these people really work for us????

Originally posted by nyk537
No, they aren't that smart.

They want people to love them, and they think all this bailout stuff is going to do that. They really think they can fix things by throwing money at it, and they think we won't notice stuff like this.

They really are that dumb.

I promise.

you greatly underestimate our masters, you think that everything that happens isn't just another part of the plan,

when the people hear about this while the economic crisis is in full gear they are going to hit the streets in protest,

then comes the Martial Law, then comes the NAU

this is all just a part of the plan, im not saying the congressmen are smart im saying the ones who control them are

And i realize people want something to be mad about, someone to vent their anger about the crisis at, but you have to realize that by not getting angry you are hurting their agenda

how can you impose marital law if nothing is wrong, if no one is causing an internal threat,

im sure they could do it, but it would make their job much more difficult

I think you are all wrong, these people work dammed hard and all they get is mass whining from fat lazy people who are too bone idle to do anything for themselves.

Its like the whole populace of the USA are a bunch of babies that need wet nursing 24/7. Where is the so called American spirit and the land of oppertunity. Now its the land of who can moan the most. A nation of dreamers, well stop dreaming and join the real World. Americans have had it easy for so long now its getting tough they are looking for people to blame, well look no further just go and look in the mirror some of you might need 2 of them.

Thats who to blame, yourself, yourself for thinking you could live for free for ever more at the expense of all others, stuffing those great big steaks into those great big empty heads.

Start taking repsonsibility for your own actions, no one forced you to drive round in a SUV no one forced you to eat 10k calories a day you did that all by yourselves, stop whining stop complaining if you don't like it do something about it.

I'm not going to just sit here and complain. I'm contacting my Senators, and my representative. I am also going to contact Pelosi and Whorehouse Harry. I want to know what gives them the right to a raise. I work my a$$ off and I have had a raise in 3 years. (I'm in healthcare, and would have to drive 50 to 75 miles, one way to get a job in another hospital, which is why I'm still here.)