Posted on 04/27/2015 2:07:35 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Reports about a Senate cafeteria worker who makes so little money he is homeless are prompting calls for change from Democrats on Capitol Hill.
Lawmakers led by the No. 2 Senate Democrat, Dick Durbin of Illinois, released a letter Monday urging the Senate Rules Committee, which oversees Senate services, to provide a preference to contractors that pay a living wage and fair health insurance and benefits. […]
It followed reports in the Washington Post and CNN profiling Charles Gladden, a 63-year-old who makes about $360 a week in take-home pay doing janitorial work in the Senate cafeteria. He said he gives some of his paycheck to his kids and grandkids, suffers from diabetes and has so little left over that he has not had a fixed address for five years and sleeps outside a Metro station. …
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Dick Durbin is # 2 all right.
Hey, the price of coke and parking is thru the roof. Gib em a break! Lol
Maybe Mr. Gladden’s kids should get a job so he doesn’t have to send money to THEIR kids.
What percentage of government ‘workers’ are black, Asian, Hispanic and White. My guess is it’s overwhelmingly black... would love to know the numbers.
Man, it’s going to be a real fest with the guillotine following CW-II.
Now, would it be feasible for us to construct multi-liberal (and RINO) wacking guillotines so that we can mount both the congresscrittter and his/her slimy minions in the machine to do the muslim dance?
why is a 63 year old giving to kids and grandkids. Why aren’t they GIVING to him. Let me guess.
Curious if the Democrats are searching around, creating a list of issues simply to embarrass the Republicans. Seems this is one with just such intent.
You’re all multi millionaires. Whats stopping you guys from reaching into your own pockets to help the poor fella?
What could the GOP-e possibly be embarrassed about? aside from being slower to advance the liberal agenda than their Democratic Uniparty fellows, that is.
The problems of an individual are no excuse to advance a collectivist agenda, especially for “Outerparty” workers.
Yeah and this is for a cafeteria that our elite eat in free, right? Let them tip him big (and let him keep his paycheck and not give it to grown kids and grandkids)
amen!! and he qualifies for a million different programs with that income. I CANT remember when the last time I saw an emaciated looking American was, unless she was a model.
Government's motto... TOO MUCH is NOT ENOUGH!
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