Home prices are cratering at a record pace, while foreclosures have hit record heights, and this holiday season was the worst in four decades as consumer confidence hit an all-time low.
And it’s all expected to get worse in 2009.
But don’t worry: Congress is taken care of.
Today, Congress — which has an approval rating of about 20 percent, actually up a few percentage points from the summer — receives a 2.8 percent raise.
That translates to a $4,700 increase to the base congressional salary of $169,300 a year.
Lovely. Just lovely. And according to the story, it’s automatic and they just can’t do anything about it. Well, boo hoo.
I’m still waiting on my bailout.
Just saying.
Well, bless their little black hearts.
I read somewhere that they can “vote” to NOT accept the raise. So it would appear that they don’t want to do anything about it.
I still think ALL (no exceptions here) Politicians are lying sacks of sh@!#@!@#@!@$$#!
I was wondering if a Congressman can decline being paid their salary? or if they can donate this extra money to a fund or charity in their district? Wait, that’s too humanitarian and optimistic this morning isn’t it.
Governor Phil turned down his salary from day one. Just sayin’
Sara,
good point!
think i shall elaborate on what robert said
@%$#%ing lying pieces of #%$&$ with a major %^$#ing superiority complex and #$^&$^%$ penchant for abuse of ^&%$ing power.
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they’re not clueless… they just simply DO NOT CARE about average Americans. Not at all.
Remember Congress passed the law, that they get automatic raise`s ! I think they call it cost of living adjustment…lol…Surely if they passed a law to get more mony, they can pass a law to not receive more money, ‘ya think’? I do !