Friday, December 19, 2008

Another WTF Moment brought to you by Congress

From The Hill comes a report that Congress gave themselves a pay raise.

A 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.


The economy is in shambles, people are losing their houses, millions are now without jobs, and they give themselves a pay raise. They, on national television, give the CEOs of the Big Three auto makers holy hell over their compensation packages and the fact they flew down on private jets but they give themselves a pay raise. I may lose my job after 25 years of service but they give themselves a pay raise. I and my family have to bite the bullet but they get a pay raise. They have the lowest approval rating of any Congress in years. This would in any normal business result in NO pay raise and maybe a "do better or find another job" evaluation. Son. Of. A. Bitch! Time to raise bloody hell. Obama you want to change something? Change that!

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