Dec18
Remember This The Next Time Congress Criticizes Executive Raises
on December 18th, 2008 at 2:33 amPosted In: Politics
You help run a “company” that is currently over $10.2 trillion in the hole (as of 10/08). Instead of getting booted, you get a raise.
Yeah. Makes sense!
With economy in shambles, Congress gets a raise
By Jordy Yager
thehill.comA crumbling economy, more than 2 million constituents who have lost their jobs this year, and congressional demands of CEOs to work for free did not convince lawmakers to freeze their own pay.
Instead, they will get a $4,700 pay increase, amounting to an additional $2.5 million that taxpayers will spend on congressional salaries, and watchdog groups are not happy about it. (more…)
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