Tag: Political Pay

What Are We Paying For?

My readers have heard me bitch and moan about the representatives in Washington how they work very little, accomplish even less and still draw a pay check…..a stupid system by any stretch of the imagination….but there is more to NOT understand……these people work about 6 hours a day (average) and work about 4 days a week and have every other week off and they are paid about $174,000 a year……may I see a show hands of the people that would like that deal in their job?

Personally, I feel we should go back to the “good old days”….From 1789 to 1855, members of Congress received only a per diem (daily payment) of $6.00 while in session, except for a period from December 1815 to March 1817, when they received $1,500 a year.  I like Ben Franklin’s idea…that is that these people would NOT be paid for the job, but that would NEVER happen because egos are more important that public service……

I like the idea of paying them per Diem….other words they get paid for the time they are actually working at their jobs and attending fundraisers is NOT part of their job…if you do not like that…then how about they get paid piece work….that is they get a paycheck for the bills they actually pass…….

Maybe then there will be some actual work done in Washington….as it is today….we people’s business is NOT being addressed….just some personal agenda by these thieves and yes I said thieves…why would I say that?  Well, these people are NOT doing their job and still taking money under false pretenses…..no matter how you cut that…it is STEALING!  I mean some people think welfare is theft….well if that is stealing what would call your representatives in Washington?

Money Well Spent!

Today is the BIG health summit….you know that piece of political theater that will set the stage for health reform….just wanted to add a thought or two into the mix…..

There have been a massive amounts of accusations that health reform is being beaten by the lobbies that are spending lots of cash on our diligent Congresspeople…..and if you think that is a bit harsh then you need to drop the playstation and pay a little more attention to what will be effecting you in the future…..I know….not an easy thing to do when you are so close to the high score….but give it try….

For months we have been bombarded with the facts that the health insurance industry has a anti-trust exemption and can basically gouge the crap out of its consumers with NO fear of reprisal by the government….in other words they have a Free Ride to make all the money they can off the plight of those insured……

The good news was that the Dems were fed up with the insurance companies and would do all they could to change the anti-trust exemption……they were going to make them more responsive and accountable…..well, that was the plan…..but as usual Washington is just full of surprises……the Politico’s Patrick O’Connor is reporting:

In an upcoming House vote to repeal the long-standing antitrust protections for the insurance industry. To most members of Congress, it seems like a no-brainer: Why should insurers be exempted from antitrust laws, anyway.

But Democrats look like they’ll scale back the legislation to protect insurance companies that offer malpractice coverage to doctors and other health care providers, bowing to industry pressure in the latest concession of the health care fight.

Democratic aides in the House said the final bill likely won’t include controversial new restrictions on medical malpractice insurers. Its authors also appear inclined to strip new authority for the Federal Trade Commission because it sparked similar unease.The concessions illustrate just how hard it’s been for the president and his congressional allies to overhaul a single sector of such an enormous segment of the economy.

Just goes to show that the lobbyist money is well spent……the free ride continues and the plight of the insured remains bleak…..As I keep saying…NOTHING about the health reform proposal is reform….it is a tweaking….minor adjustments that have the appearance of success…..and the American people wait…….

These Political Types Are A Greedy Lot!

As always it is all about the cash not the service……the days of a person doing public service as their civic duty is long gone….now it is ALL about the GREEN……

I recall back in the day while grad school and studying the Revolutionary War period of US history…there were those that said that public service was a civic duty…that did not last long…..while I am not a Jefferson cheerleader, he was a statesman…..there is absolutely NO one in Washington that can be called that today.  In today’s political world it is all about power and money…..

The Senator from my state, left his post about a year early so he could get in under the cut-off date to become a lobbyist…he never worked for Mississippi…he diod work hard for Trent Lott…selfish SOB….

Look at Palin….she quite the governorship for the better of the state since there was so much legal wrangling going on…..she just wanted what wass best for Alaska…..is that echoing laughter I hear?…….

Let us be real….Palin left her duties as governor in pursuit of cash…she cared not for what was happening in Alaska…..$1.25 million advance on her book, as a client of a speakers bureau she asks for $75,000 + 3 first class plane tickets for a speech on a college campus and it looks like the going price for her to make a political speech is $100,000…..sound like a great gig if you can get it…….

I am not bad mouthing Palin…this is an all too common thing with ALL the Washington types…party matters not…….if the love of money is the root of all evil…..then Washington is crawling with evil……

This sounds like ALL our elected officials….not many in the government that are not millionaires……if not before they run, then after the are elected……maybe this explains a lot….what?….GREED…….Washington, Wall Street…….

These political types are a GREEDY lot!