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Pay cut for Congress? - 3/2/2010 5:40:09 PM   
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Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, a freshman Democrat from Arizona, has a sure-fire way to connect with angry voters: a proposal to cut pay for members of Congress.

Kirkpatrick today announced she is introducing the Taking Responsibility for Congressional Pay Act, which would cut pay for all members by 5% beginning next January. She said it would be the first time salaries have been reduced since April 1, 1933, " in the midst of the Great Depression."


http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/03/pay-cut-for-congress/1

Maybe a good first step in getting those bastards to wake up?

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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/2/2010 5:44:39 PM   
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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/2/2010 5:45:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Certainly not the worse idea floated by a member of Congress...of course there is a vast difference from proposal to enactment.

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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/2/2010 5:50:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		Maybe she could first get Nancy Pelosi to give up her private jet which is costing about 5 million a year to operate.

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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/2/2010 5:53:47 PM   
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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/2/2010 5:55:56 PM   
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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/2/2010 5:55:57 PM   
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Maybe she could first get Nancy Pelosi to give up her private jet which is costing about 5 million a year to operate.

Is this the new jet of urban legend, or the same one the previous speaker used?

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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/2/2010 6:01:59 PM   
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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/2/2010 7:12:45 PM   
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BTW, it's the urban legend jet.

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Maybe she could first get Nancy Pelosi to give up her private jet which is costing about 5 million a year to operate.

Is this the new jet of urban legend, or the same one the previous speaker used?


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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/2/2010 8:21:27 PM   
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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/3/2010 3:45:22 AM   
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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/3/2010 6:03:37 AM   
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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/3/2010 6:43:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		Agreed PA, All 535 members of congress should also be part of the same health care plan they want us to be part of. That also will not happen.

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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/3/2010 7:05:35 AM   
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Agreed PA, All 535 members of congress should also be part of the same health care plan they want us to be part of. That also will not happen.


Yup. While they're at it, roll back their benefits to the point of the average American.  Have it readjusted regularly so they actually care about the welfare of the folks they represent.  There's a bubble around Washington and the sooner it's gone the better.


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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/3/2010 7:12:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here is a great website for everyone to check out...Fleming.house.gov John Fleming ( R ) Louisiana, has an on-line petition which would require congress to use the exact health care plan they are forcing every other American to use. Warning: The website crashes often..

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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/3/2010 7:58:25 AM   
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Agreed PA, All 535 members of congress should also be part of the same health care plan they want us to be part of. That also will not happen.


Yup. While they're at it, roll back their benefits to the point of the average American.  Have it readjusted regularly so they actually care about the welfare of the folks they represent.  There's a bubble around Washington and the sooner it's gone the better.



Pay them what the average American earns.

They want more, address that first.

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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/3/2010 6:07:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		That's kind of a problem. If elected officials don't make enough money, you know who is going to run for those jobs? Rich people, because they'll be the only ones that can afford to take them. It's best to pay them decent salaries. However, I do think that if they have to be on the same health care plan, then they'll work on making a decent one. If people in Congress are trying to exempt themselves from being on the healthcare plan that they're proposing for everyone else, that doesn't say too much for the plan they're trying to create. However, don't get me wrong, I'm all for healthcare reform. I think that we should have healthcare just like they do in UK, France, Canada, and all those other great countries where wealth doesn't determine your access to healthcare.

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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/3/2010 6:09:45 PM   
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Pay them what the average American earns.

They want more, address that first.


However, I do like the sound of this, despite what I just said. I think I was having a dyslexic moment because the second line you wrote didn't register, yet.

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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/3/2010 6:09:53 PM   
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If elected officials don't make enough money, you know who is going to run for those jobs? Rich people, because they'll be the only ones that can afford to take them.


Unlike, say, now?

Actually, I don't really care about their salaries. Least of our problems.

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RE: Pay cut for Congress? - 3/3/2010 6:11:14 PM   
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That's kind of a problem. If elected officials don't make enough money, you know who is going to run for those jobs? Rich people, because they'll be the only ones that can afford to take them. It's best to pay them decent salaries. However, I do think that if they have to be on the same health care plan, then they'll work on making a decent one. If people in Congress are trying to exempt themselves from being on the healthcare plan that they're proposing for everyone else, that doesn't say too much for the plan they're trying to create. However, don't get me wrong, I'm all for healthcare reform. I think that we should have healthcare just like they do in UK, France, Canada, and all those other great countries where everyone but the wealthy that can afford to go outside the country are reduced to the lowest common denominator of health care.


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