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Cut their pay
1FMJ
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Who believes that it is time that all politions take a 50% pay cut go on HMOS like the rest of us, turn in their taxpayer payed for transportation. Free gas cards to pay for the gas they burn. And cut their pensions by 75% How much would this save the U.S. and the tax payers. I say enough of this <1FMJ>
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I could back that !
They are "supposed" to represent us----then why not get paid by us.
they should be paid minimum wage from the lowest paid state and no more. then you would see how much intrest they would have in running our country[;)]
Agee 10 million %
Now all you have to do is find a politician to sponsor this bit of legislation. Good luck with that. [:D]
I think they should all get a raise[:D]
you know how to use "green"[:D]
but unions are not all bad just some are because they are made up of sorry people
moral decay of a society is the main problem with the world
Salaries for Senators and Congressmen should be set and paid by the states/counties they represent. Any increase would have to be approved by the voters in their home state or county.
They are "supposed" to represent us----then why not get paid by us.
Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner.
They damn sure shouldn't be allowed to vote themselves pay raises.
quote:Originally posted by Reaper1862
Stuff I been sayin' for years 'cept I keep gettin' called a socialist.
Stuff I been sayin' for years 'cept I keep gettin' called a socialist.
I have the same problem, which is weird. I think it's a failure in our schools to properly educate children on the various political / economic theories.
If a kid grows up Conservative, he tends to think everything he dislikes is Socialism / Communism. He's wrong about 99% of the time, but that's how it plays out.
If a kid grows up Liberal, he tends to think everything he dislikes is Fascism / Nazism. He's wrong about 99% of the time, but that's how it plays out.
Lately the bloviators on both sides have been trying to blur this distinction and toss a monkey wrench into an already gummed situation. Dirty Rat Bastid Bloviators!!!
But I digress ...
As for the original post here, a good idea, I like it. Not the root cause of our elected officials failure to be responsive to us, but still some sweet payback and "pulling them back down to Earth" potential there.
Won't help though, not really.
If we really wanted to fix this country we wouldn't be talking party against party and ideology against ideology. We'd be talking about how the political system in this country works, what it runs on.
Money, influence, special interests and lobbying. The Right of the People to Petition Their Government for Redress of Grievances has been usurped by a vast industry of competing and well funded interest groups. Corporations, associations, the individually wealthy.
These people and corporations buy access, write laws and keep the public's voice small by keeping their own very large. They created feedback loops where politicians need to appease them to get campaign funding (direct and indirect), industry jobs when out of office, an endless list of perks to stroke the ego.
You want to see America's government become responsive you are going to have to fight to outlaw paid professional lobbying. You are going to have make an entire $Billion$ Dollar industry vanish, put at least a 100,000 Americans instantly out of work.
And you are going to have to let go of paying for your pet causes to be promoted in Congress by professionals, lawyers and other manipulators of the system.
Otherwise, cut all those salaries or bring about term limits if you like and it won't amount to a ice cube's worth of difference at cooling the flames of Hell itself.
Stuff I been sayin' for years 'cept I keep gettin' called a socialist.
They damn sure shouldn't be allowed to vote themselves pay raises.
Technically, they don't vote themselves pay raises anymore (too much bad press, I supposed)
They simply created a bill that gives them AUTOMATIC pay raises every year, unless they vote to refuse it.