Posted on 03/21/2013 9:47:16 PM PDT by smoothsailing
March 21, 2013
Mike Flynn
On Tuesday, FL Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and her colleague VA Rep. Jim Moran openly whined about the impacts of spending cuts on their personal office budgets. Moran fretted that, with the looming sequester cuts, he may have to cut one staffer from his office. Wasserman Schultz upped his ante, however. She, almost literally, suggested that her staff were on the brink of starvation, due to the cuts.
Speaking at a hearing of the House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, Wasserman Schultz worried that prices of meals in House restaurants are getting so high that aides are being "priced out" of a good meal.
At the carry-out cafe in the Cannon Office Building, where Wasserman Schultz has her office, you can get an 8oz bowl of Ham and Bean soup for $2. You can buy gourmet sandwiches and wraps for around $5. Both of these are cheaper than I can get at delis down the street from my house.
Her aides could walk across the street to the Longworth Building, which has a large sit-down cafeteria. Today, it is featuring a roasted stuffed Chicken, with asparagus and mashed potatoes, for around $7. Or, one could opt for a heaping 12oz bowl of Chicken Chili for $3....
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Caviar account running low, emergency.
“good meals” what is her definition.
I guarantee they eat better than most Americans
She should go back to Hell where she belongs. What a wicked -itch.
How about sharing a couple of pizzas and Cokes?;)
Maybe they'll get "Michelle skinny" like all the school kids they want to micromanage at the lunch table.
During my time at the White House and Pentagon, I could’ve had 4-5 gourmet meals a day, free, on lobbyists, even though I had the mess hall and other outlets. I call BS on this nonsense.
Or maybe the representative could kick in a few bucks to help them out.
ummm, debbie, you cold just pay them more, like, out of your own pocket.
socialist strawman b1tch.
Wasserman Schultz's top aide earns around $160k a year. She pays two additional aides around $120k a year. She has five additional aides who earn between $60-100k a year.
There are millions of Americans on the brink of starvation because of people like you. I hope you fire your dear aide, I hope they all get fired, and then turn on you and eat you.
The DNC political class lunches on roasted stuffed Chicken, with asparagus and mashed potatoes, for around $7.
While the peasants eat McDonald’s for almost $7.00.
May her staff starve swiftly and painlessly.
To the headline: then why the hell doesn’t she pay them more?
Because she doesn't pay them. You do with your taxes (along with borrowed Chinese money and Ben "Inky" Bernanke's funny money).
NO WAY! She doesn't pay them a dime, we do!
Wasserman Schultz's top aide earns around $160k a year. She pays two additional aides around $120k a year. She has five additional aides who earn between $60-100k a year.
Take care of your aids, cheap crackho.
To the headline: then why the hell doesn’t she pay them more?
Care to phrase that another way?
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