Congress Gives Itself A Raise
Dec 20, 2008 Political
Technically that is not exactly correct since the Congress gets the raise automatically unless it votes to stop it. They made it that way some years ago because people complained that the deadbeats were always voting themselves raises that they did not deserve. The cowards changed it so that they had to vote to stop it and that way they would be telling the truth when they said they did not vote for a pay raise.
Looks like the Congress has done it again. They failed to vote so the raise will take place. The do nothing Congress that has ruined the economy will be getting paid more money for its failures. This is the same Congress that bullies the leaders of the Big Three auto companies for wasteful practices and running their businesses into the ground. The big difference is that Congress has run our country into the ground and can confiscate taxpayer money as a reward without all the begging the automakers must go through.
I don’t believe the auto makers should get taxpayer money and I don’t believe Congress deserves a pay raise. This Congress has spent and spent until we have a huge deficit. Congress has set the conditions and fostered the environment where people with no money can buy houses and receive credit. This caused the collapse of the housing market and led to the financial disaster on Wall Street. The ripple effect is a direct result of the actions of Congress. The members were too busy taking huge donations from those they should have been watching. They were too busy allowing a few of their friends to get very rich at the expense of others and they were too busy running this country into the ground to keep focused.
What do they all get for their failed efforts? They get a raise of nearly $5000, all paid for by the very taxpayers they put the screws to.
Members of Congress work very few days during the year. They would like you to believe that it is a hard job that involves so much effort but the reality is they keep running for office because they can get rich once they are entrenched. Look at how many wealthy people run for office and how many more got wealthy once in office. They do it because they can be part of the elite and not have to work very hard. They do it for the prestige and they do it because it is easy money (that most of them do not need).
None of these jackasses work a full year. We are lucky if they put 100 days in. They spend the rest of the time on a vacation that they label “district days.” It is time they fly off to other countries on the taxpayer dime (or on the dime of a lobbyist) and they spend little time actually working.
The Congress loves when it has leaders of business begging for money. Then it can sit there and chide them for their excesses. How dare you fly in a corporate jet or make millions of dollars a year when the economy is bad and your employees are being laid off? How hypocritical can they be? They are taking a pay raise when the economy is tanking and people are losing their jobs. It is wrong and the practice needs to end.
We need a system where taxpayers decide whether their representatives get a raise or not and how much it should be. Members of Congress and the Sainted One have stated that the CEOs of the auto companies need to go as part of a deal. They ran the business into the ground and they need to go.
The Congress has done much worse for this country than the automakers have done for their businesses.
We need to demand that they change this automatic pay raise to one that requires a vote so we can hold them accountable.
Cowards…
Source:
The Hill
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Tags: auto makers, bailout, Congress, cowards, pay raise, worthless
Who Is Congress To Question?
Nov 21, 2008 Political
I was not in favor of the Wall Street bailout and I am definitely not in favor of bailing out the Big Three auto makers. Having said that, I find it interesting that certain members of Congress are skeptical about the auto industry bailout. They have every right to be skeptical but they keep expressing their apprehension about lending money to companies that have not managed their finances very well.
You see, members of Congress complain that the auto makers were foolish with their money, did not have adequate business plans, produced a product that was inferior to their competitors and now they want more money to do more of the same. But the Congress is no different than the auto makers.
Congress is foolish with our money, has a terrible plan for using it, produces an inferior product and when it needs more money it gets it from us. The only difference is that Congress does not have to beg for it like the auto makers. Congress just confiscates it from us.
Congress is even critical of the executives from the Big Three who flew in corporate jets to DC for the hearings. Who do these people think they are having such luxuries? Of course, these would be the same members of Congress who own more than one home (one in their home state and one in DC), have expensive leased vehicles paid for entirely by the taxpayers. The car, insurance, fuel, the whole shooting match. We even provide her majesty queen Nancy Pelosi with a plane to fly back and forth from California.
So, who do the members of Congress think they are? What gives them the right to question the executives who have done nothing more than those who are supposed to lead this country?
Tags: auto makers, Congress, hypocrisy
Out Of Touch RINO; It is Not Your Money
Nov 20, 2008 Political
The problem with the Republican party is not that it has too many low brow Christians as claimed by Kathleen Parker . The problem is that the Republican party has too many people in it who are Republicans In Name Only (RINO). These are the people who are registered as Republicans and say they are conservative but then support issues that are not in any way, shape, or form, conservative. This is true especially true for elected Republicans.
The left and its propaganda wing in the media would have us believe that the last election shows that conservatism is dying but this is a mistaken belief based on a false assumption. They say conservatism is dying because McCain lost but McCain is no conservative. If the party had run a true conservative Obama would be in the Senate trying to bail out the auto makers instead of killing business in Chicago.
The problem with RINOs is that they have most of the beliefs of liberals but they are registered and elected as Republicans. Case in point is Republican Representative Joe Knollenberg of Michigan. He has this misguided belief that the money the government has actually belongs to the government. While discussing the bailout of the auto industry with Neil Cavuto this RINO said that the money belongs to Congress and they will do with it what they want.
I have stated this before but it is worth mentioning again. Government does not earn money, it does not have its “own” money and the only way it gets any money is to forcefully take it from the people who actually earn it. The money in question (in fact, all the money) belongs to the US taxpayer and not to the Congress or any other government entity. The people who earn that money expect the people they elect to be good stewards of that money and to spend it wisely and in accordance with the Constitution. Knollenberg is the type of Republican that needs to be removed from office. We need to get rid of all of them who think like liberals. We might suffer in the short term with larger Democratic majorities but in the long run it will be best for the party and the country.
Knollenberg naturally wants to help the auto industry because he is from Michigan and he is entitled to have the opinion that we need to help them. However, he needs to remember that the money he is talking about also belongs to people from the other 49 states and they have a right to say how it is spent.
I believe that the auto makers should file for bankruptcy and let the chips fall where they might. The companies have been poorly run and hijacked by union thugs. They put out inferior products that people do not want and now they want the people to foot the bill for their ineptitude.
If the federal government spends OUR money bailing out the auto industry then it will set a precedent that allows other industries that make bad decisions to run to DC with their hands out. Government does not belong in the private sector.
If the government spends our money on the people who flew corporate jets to DC to beg for cash then I will NEVER buy another product made by any of the recipients of the extortion scheme. I urge all readers to consider this as well. If they get our money then you should consider one of their competitors when it comes time to replace your vehicle. Why reward their incompetence. If they get the money then we can use the power of our purse to put them out of business.
It might seem harsh and it will suck for the employees but the time for playing games is over. Let the market handle things and if they cannot compete then they will be forced to change or they will disappear.
NEW TAX FORM
Line 1: Amount you earned last year ______________
Line 2: Send the amount on line 1 to the government.
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Tags: auto makers, bailout, Congress, constitution, money, RINO