donsu
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Wed Jun-14-06 01:01 PM
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the House gave themselves a raise in pay yesterday |
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/13/congress.payraise.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest Despite record low approval ratings, House lawmakers Tuesday embraced a $3,300 pay raise that will increase their salaries to $168,500. laughing insanely
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Wed Jun-14-06 01:03 PM
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they work really hard for us don't they???:sarcasm:
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Wed Jun-14-06 01:05 PM
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2. If they tied their salaries to job performance... |
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like they believe that the federal employee salaries should be, it would have been about a 99% pay cut.
FUCKING HYPOCRITES!!!!!
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Wed Jun-14-06 01:10 PM
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3. maybe they should let voters decide |
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whether they deserve a pay raise or not; put it up as a referendum when there is a federal election.
Shameless.
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Wed Jun-14-06 01:14 PM
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5. If they did, they'd get cut n/t |
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Wed Jun-14-06 01:12 PM
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4. $3300.00 extra--guess they need it since their paying for their own meals |
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Wed Jun-14-06 01:28 PM
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the minimum wage effort, is suppose to be voted down...minimum wage to go up to 7$ and change, and its expected to fail...a side order of hyprocrisy, with your hamburger?...
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Wed Jun-14-06 01:33 PM
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7. Technically, no. The increase is automatic. They just didn't stop it. |
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It's a COLA increase that ALL government employees (except air traffic controllers) get and it's autoomatic.
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