Our “Patriotic” Congress Will Graciously Give Up Next Year’s Pay Raise
WASHINGTON — The No. 2 Democrat in the House says Capitol Hill lawmakers are going to give up the automatic pay raise they’re due next year.
Maryland Democrat Steny Hoyer says it would inappropriate for Congress to take its annual cost of living pay hike in 2010 while the economy is in such bad shape and so many people are losing their jobs.
But lawmakers are going ahead and pocketing the $5,000 salary hike they got at the beginning of this year to raise their salaries to $174,000.
Congress automatically gets a cost of living pay increase under a law passed 20 years ago. During years when it’s politically difficult, they’ll give it up.
(AP)
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They should just give up their political salaries. Its not as if they really need it…or the hike. Most of them are attorneys anyway and keep their legal practice while serving in Washington. $174,000 is a very insignificant amount compared to what they make from their legal profession.
Who the fuck blew the whistle that the currency of the raise was tar and feathers?