Posted on 10/23/2004 8:44:25 PM PDT by DixieOklahoma
I understand that. I'm saying that whether a Congressional figurehead or the President "retire" at 50 or 65, they're receiving benefits the moment they leave office. Truth be told, they're getting benefits even while in office. My understanding is they receive the benefits regardless of being in office or not, it just increases substantially as they age whether in office or not.
The way I understood it was compensation increases based on each year in office.
Right, and it doesn't just stop once they leave at 85 or 55. So, voting them out of office won't get them off our backs.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Senate.html
Making it easy for folks.
If I am not mistaken, Bush lost Illinois by 12 points last time. If he is only losing by 8 points this time, that bodes well for neighboring states such as Iowa and Wisconsin. And even Ohio.
I totally agree with that assessment.
I also believe he would be posibly the most conservative Democrat in the Senate if he wins, and even more conservative than many GOP senators from the northeast.
But I'm still not voting for him.
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