Damn! That one cost me another $15!
Wait! Wait! You want how much for me to ask you mental midgets a question?
I was here during and after Katrina and in the days after there was a bunch of “price gouging”….you know those a/holes trying to profit out of a disaster?
I will bet that you are a bit confused right about now…..but stay with me….it will all come together shortly…..
In a Gallup Poll of 1,008 adults, only 13 percent approve of the job Congress is doing, tied for the worst on record, according to the Gallup Organization. Eighty-four percent of Americans disapprove, the poll found. That figure is a record high.
The congressional job approval rating is slightly lower among independents at 9 percent, compared with 15 percent among Democrats and 17 percent among Republicans. The 9 percent approval rating for independents is the lowest since 1974 when Gallup began measuring congressional approval.
Tired of being harassed and embarrassed by angry constituents—and, of course, always in need of cash—congressmen such as Paul Ryan, Ben Quayle, and Chip Cravaack are eschewing open town halls and instead are charging for access over this August recess, reports Politico. Questioning Ryan at an upcoming luncheon will cost you $15. Cravaack’s upcoming meeting is a cheaper $10. And lunch with Quayle on Aug. 23 costs $35. A rep for Ryan says the lawmaker will host telephone town hall meetings this month, and adds that Ryan played no part of the Whitnall Park Rotary Club’s choice to charge that $15 entry fee. Writing for Politico, Reid Epstein counters that politicians who outsource their meetings to third parties can keep out the bulk of the angry public, sidestep YouTube embarrassments, and ensure smoother, PR-friendly events that raise a little money to boot. And while such paid events are nothing new, admits Epstein, in the past they were accompanied by free, public town hall meetings.
You mean we pay your salary and we still have to pay to ask you a question because you are tired of being embarrassed at having NO answers for the plight of the American people? Is that about?
Hold on! You mean you charge admission for people in your district to meet with you?
Here is where I tie it all together…….since the country is in the middle of a disaster and you are trying to profit, even though minimally, you are criminally responsible for “PRICE GOUGING”! Because you do not want to do something you are demanding the American people pay for the privileged of asking a civil servant a question. Is that about it?
You would think that these self-centered little toads would bend over backwards to try and improve their ratings with the American people….I guess the only people they will bend over for are their special interest donors….would that not make them whores by definition?
Wow! That’s incredible. But they are good at “outsourcing”.
Hi Larry…..that takes real cajones to charge the people that elected you a fee for asking a question….