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Lee Terry Needs His Salary During Government Shutdown To Pay For His 'Nice House
Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) said this week that there is no way he's giving up his salary during the government shutdown.
"Dang straight," he said when asked by the Omaha World-Herald Bureau whether he would keep his paycheck.
Many holdouts say they believe giving up their pay is a gimmick that wouldn't actually solve the impasse. Terry, however, was more blunt than most.
"Whatever gets them good press," Terry said of members giving up their salary. "That's all that it's going to be. God bless them. But you know what? I've got a nice house and a kid in college, and I'll tell you we cannot handle it. Giving our paycheck away when you still worked and earned it? That's just not going to fly."
Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) also said on Wednesday that he would be keeping his salary, because he's "working to earn" it and even came in on the weekend.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/04/lee-terry-government-shutdown-nice-house_n_4044511.html
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Fuck you, Lee. Fuck you up, down, and sideways!
Arrogant hypocritical assclown.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)Ptooey.
frylock
(34,825 posts)are you fucking shitting me?!
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)CherokeeDem
(3,709 posts)Idiot worried about his family and nice house but could give a damn about the thousands of people he and his idiot cohorts have put out of work.
These people really annoy me....
CurtEastPoint
(18,644 posts)"You asshat. 800,000 Federal employees have "nice houses" and "college tuition"" to pay, too. You are the most selfish, pathetic excuse of a human being. You.are.political.toast."
"Congressman, you and your ilk are an embarrassment to our country -- a bunch of boneheaded self-centered ideologues. The silly games you play only make you look worse. Just vote a clean bill and get everyone back to work, you idiot."
More fun at https://www.facebook.com/leeterry
sammytko
(2,480 posts)One person said he was dweeb in high school and he still hasn't changed - too funny.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)"A big fat supreme dick, that's what I am. I don't care, I'd vote to not pay anybody but me, the corporation$ make me erect, I'd sooner see the poor thrown in a big ol' blender than to watch them get even a measly SCRAP of progress, and I'm a big fuuu-uuuuuckin dick HAH!"
Then again, that's pretty much what I hear when I listen to any conservative talk . . .
love the caveat
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)It just burns!
Let them keep talking...