There are protests all over the country to raise the minimum wage……there has been a wealth of support for such an idea…..and there has been a wealth of opposition……but you know there are so many Americans that6 are living hand to mouth and still must seek entitlements from time to time……something has got t be done to help American citizens earn a living wage without sacrificing their family time……
Now this person weighs in on the necessity for a pay raise…..
Brave? Politically tone deaf? You pick: Democrat James Moran of Virginia says he and his fellow representatives in Congress are in dire need of a raise. “I think the American people should know that the members of Congress are underpaid,” Moran tells Roll Call. “I understand that it’s widely felt that they underperform, but the fact is that this is the board of directors for the largest economic entity in the world.” Moran noted that some members live out of their offices to avoid DC’s steep prices, even on salaries of $174,000.
“Our pay has been frozen for three years and we’re planning on freezing it a fourth year,” he says. “A lot of members can’t even afford to live decently in Washington.” He plans to introduce an amendment to remedy the problem, reports the Washington Post, but acknowledges it doesn’t have much of a chance. In the meantime, he’s opened himself up to shots like this from Wonkette: “Dude, you do know that if you were actually the board of directors for a ginormous company, approximately 9/10 of you would be fired for incompetence and the remainder of you would only be kept on as figureheads while a competent CEO and CFO did all the actual work, right?”
$174,000? Not bad for a part time job……..I have always stated that the government should buy a complex like the Watergate and turn it into a dormitory for these toads……..they do not need their families in Washington….they spend about 126 days a year actually working…….
Oh yeah…this dude will definitely make it into Babbling Buffoons Of Babylon…….can you believe anyone would say such a crass thing? Maybe a 2nd job is in order for this lazy pathetic twat……
Enough said? Please weigh in on this piece of utter trash………
Apparently Moran is not part of the majority in Congress now who are millionaires in their own right.
“Over all, at least 268 of the 534 current members of Congress had an average net worth of $1 million or more in 2012, which is the year covered by the reports that each lawmaker had to file in 2013.” SOURCE
Can you believe the balls it took to say that out loud…..
Now we know who is VA’s state idiot is. How dare he complain when so many are out of work, on welfare by no fault of their own and have lost their homes. Maybe he should walk in their shoes for a year of so.
See I can criticize Dems…….was accused of picking on conservs in the past….I hate them all….not one is worthy of the standing in this country….chuq
chug, You are almost are an equal criticizer. Let’s have term limits 2 terms at the most, no retirement and they have to use ObamaCare. The major problem with this idea is there isn’t a politician that would vote for this.
That is why a constitution amendment should be used…….and judges should be limited to 10 years tops…..
Everybody with a job always thinks they deswerve raises from time to time – – whether they do deserve them or not is often beside the point as everyone tends to live at the top of whatever their income is anyway. Because of this tendency to max out the lifestyle to match the income, no matter what kind of raise is given, it is never enough for very long at a time. So the whole thing about “Raises” can become a fallacy after a while. There is always the urge to want more, more, more and there is always Inflation to eat up the gains.
These guys ork part time and make $174,000…I would say ‘buck up’ or get a 2nd job…..