Posted on 01/13/2008 4:43:09 AM PST by Kaslin
“...some can’t even afford an apartment in Washington on their six-figure salary.”
You must be kidding me.
“This performance is hardly worth a $4,100 pay raise. Taxpayers should be outraged.”
While this is ridiculous, the more outrageous problem is the pensions these crooks receive.
I should of became a politician, that is where the money is at.
I hear ya. $160k/year, plus millions for staff, best healthcare available, and near full pentions...
Now, you really want the big money? Become Preident. Look at bill clinton’s earning power since he left office. We still pay him $400,000/yr. AND we pay for his office in Harlem, and the SS rents a house on the clintons property which covers their whole mortgage, etc.
Sickening.
Yeah, I say this is baloney
If my husband ever decides to run for office, I will fully support him. (lol)
At least with the “progressive” tax laws they’ve passed, they won’t get to keep much of that pay raise.
And what makes it really, really ridiculous is the number of Conservatives that are claiming they will sit out this election if their guy doesn't win the nomination for POTUS, as if their vote for President actually meant something in the General election.
The entire House of Representatives is up for re-election and half the Senate in November, not to mention State and local elections. Sit home, Conservatives, and you ensure this sort of crap continues.....
“I will fully support him.”
If he’s a conservative, so will I. :-)
That's not that much ($400K). How come the Clintons, who have never held a non-government job and whose annual joint salary is about $600K, are worth $100 million?
That's sure not our money they're flashing around.
He is a freeper too.
“That’s not that much ($400K).”
Maybe not to you. :-)
Anyway, my point is why must we pay an ex-Pres. anything in this day and age. clinton can make 150-200k a DAY. Let him pay his own damn office rent.
What I meant was, its not that much compared to his apparant earning potential.
Of course, not all ex-Presidents can subsist on foreign cash.
It depends on where they want to live.
I live 40 minutes from D.C. Easy train ride to Union Station. Nice area, nice neighborhood. Let these folks commute like the rest of us.
I don’t care what anyone says, $160k is plenty. :-)
“What I meant was, its not that much compared to his apparant earning potential.”
Understood, but that makes my point. The earning potential is so great, the taxpayer should pay NOTHING to ex-politicians. I felt the same about my hero Pres. Reagan. First thing out of office, he signs a multi-million book deal and receives a multi-million house as a gift. Why should the taxpayer pay anything?
I couldn't have said it any better
I’m retiring in less than two years and thinking about running for state office under the slogan “I won’t Steal as much as the rest of ‘em.” People think I’d have a chance.
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