[stanne]

While cutting military pay

In this economy

[goldstategop]

Or cutting welfare benefits for poor in the name of economy while they plead poverty.

The rest of us have to live within our means and we don’t complain.

So its amusing to hear politicians squawk a reduction in their already high pay is making it hard for them to make ends meet.

My heart breaks for them until I recollect who pays their salaries. Gratitude to the people who put them in office is not among qualities our elected public officials seem to evince.

[GailA]

While gutting Medicare, Tricare Life, COLA's to Ret Military and Seniors.

Memphis just did the same thing, voted the elite elected officials a hefty 7% pay raise while handing out pink slips and or very low pay raises for Fire and Police. Along with budget cuts to the 2 most important, life risking agencies in government on a city/county level.

Liberal THINK: lower budgets and pay for Fire, Police, and Teachers, and raise their own over sized pay checks and perks.

Conservative THINK: CUT PAY to all elected officials, cut travel, cut per diem's.

Raise pay for risky jobs like Police and Fire departments and make sure they have the equipment they need to do their jobs. Build more prisons for criminals. A state the size of Tennessee needs more than one 150 bed Juvenile state prison Memphis could fill that in a few days. Even 3 women's prisons are not enough in today's broken society.