View Full Version : Are we getting what we pay for?
uncas
10-20-2006, 06:44 AM
Last night I was given a stat...
The number of days our congress has been in session ( through yesterday ) this year 94
94 days.... N wonder nothing gets done.. Lets see, congressmen make what 165,000/year. Well, 94 days in session comes out to 1800/day.. not bad...
Even if I throw in 60 for being available in their home districts, the number is not very impressive.
Lets see, Thanksgiving break, followed by Christmas break followed by winter break, Easter break, spring break, summer break, fall break...
I wouldn't be surprised about the number given last night as being close to correct.
Mrleft8
10-20-2006, 07:20 AM
No. But then again, the less time they spend "at work" the less damage they can do.
uncas
10-20-2006, 07:22 AM
Yup.. and Bush took advantage of this recently by nominating an individual who was found unqualified by the Senate to run the Mine Safety Commission. ( may have the title wrong ) because congress wasn't in session.
Milo Christensen
10-20-2006, 07:22 AM
We're not paying for it. Every one knows Congressional salaries come out of the Federal Deficit and not out of our taxes.
uncas
10-20-2006, 07:23 AM
Milo.. I'm glad I don't have kids.. LOL.
It is absolutely disgusting. What is worse is that we accept it as if we have no choice. WE allow this to happen. Is the country ready for a new party?
Mrleft8
10-20-2006, 07:42 AM
It is absolutely disgusting. Is the country ready for a new party? Kegger? :D
uncas
10-20-2006, 07:46 AM
JTA
Ya got this right in your neck of the woods... A dem though.. with 90,000 marked bills in his freezer... And he has Nye's sp? support ( mayor of NOrleans ).
We all have them.. from the stats, 50% of Americans feel that their represtatives in Congress are crooks..... If I'm wrong on the %, there are still a lot out there who do.
Next time I watch the news, I'm going to take a pencil and piece of paper....
I know its not Nye.. he is in trouble somewhere else..!!!!!!! But you know who I am referring to....
Mrleft8
10-20-2006, 07:47 AM
Nagin....Not Nye.
uncas
10-20-2006, 07:48 AM
crosspost Doug.. corrected above...
aren't you emboldening the enemy with this kind of talk?
I am from MS, not LA. Our political crooks tend to hide their bribes a bit better than their counterparts in Louisianna. It seems to me a huge problem is that almost everyone says; "We need a change, we need something different." What they really mean is; "You other states need to change, our congressmen have been there a long time and we have a little power so we don't need to change anything just yet."
Mrleft8
10-20-2006, 07:53 AM
At this point, I imagine that most people in congress view their constituents as the "enemy"...
uncas
10-20-2006, 07:55 AM
JTA
Sorry..for some reason, I thought you lived in LA.. Not MS.
No problem Uncas. It is probably storm related. Most people think that N.O. took a direct hit from Katrina and the rest of the Gulf Region had a shingle or two blown off. Numerous times when the discussion of Katrina comes up people say to me "I didn't know you lived in New Orleans." It is hard to explain without sounding petty that many other areas were affected as well.
Jack
uncas
10-20-2006, 08:05 AM
JTA.. I should have known better :)
Mrleft8
10-20-2006, 08:05 AM
Yeah..... I heard that Trnt Lott lost his whole house.... Can't wait to see that picture of Bush sitting on the new front porch.... :D
uncas
10-20-2006, 08:10 AM
Which house?
Mrleft8
10-20-2006, 08:11 AM
Which house?
The one that's not there anymore...
So did Gene Taylor (Dem. 4th District MS) It seems the storm was truely Bi-Partisan.
Enough of Katrina. Is it possible to have an intelligent discussion (without the extreme left and right yelling at each other) on what it will take to change status quo?
My opinion is that this country is in sad shape. It can be blamed equally on both parties, and it started a long time ago.
Jack
uncas
10-20-2006, 08:15 AM
JTA
Cheers... although I don't consider myself as being to the extreme right.
Mrleft8
10-20-2006, 08:17 AM
I agree with you completely JT. I wasn't being partisan, I was trying to introduce some humor...
... I was trying to introduce some humor...
I took it as humor, the question is directed at everyone, not you or Uncas. That is a drawback with internet discussions.
Jack
George Roberts
10-20-2006, 10:09 AM
Congressmen have obligations other then "Congress being in session."
I would like to see a bit more quality in what they produce.
uncas
10-20-2006, 10:12 AM
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Congressmen have obligations
Yup, they do.. Robert.. Looking for graft, covering their buts, looking for relationships, covering their buts, looking for pork, covering their buts, looking for better healthcare for themselves, covering their buts...looking for another opportunity to take a vacation.. Yup.. they do. Hell, I opened my freezer this morning and din't find what 80 or 90 thousand sitting there between the beef stew and the lima beans.
ps. In my oroginal post, I added 60 days to the 94 in session... That should be enough as they have not listened well anyway... even with that time among their constituants.
72rdstr
10-20-2006, 12:06 PM
No. But then again, the less time they spend "at work" the less damage they can do.
AMEN BROTHER!!
Nicholas Scheuer
10-20-2006, 12:26 PM
We've got the best government money can buy!
Moby Nick
uncas
10-20-2006, 12:33 PM
Nicholas,..
In that case, money ain't worth shyte..... I'll go back to perks and the barter system.
Hal Forsen
10-20-2006, 03:25 PM
Friday August 19th 2005 GW broke Ronald Reagan's all-time record for most vacation days. The old record was 335 days, though Reagan took his sweet time of eight years to accomplish this feat. President Bush did it in nearly half the time. :rolleyes:
HF
Cuyahoga Chuck
10-20-2006, 04:55 PM
I won't give my calloused reflections on this Neocon congress.
I will defer to Matt Taibbi who did a long essay on the many faults of the last twelve years of Republican congresses in a recnt issue of "Rolling Stone". If 10% of what he says is true they are the most irresponsible and unproductive and criminal congress in US history.
I found this article thru' a link on The Daily Kos. Of course, those of you who have sold your souls to The Great God Neocon will be duely offended. And that's as it should be.
Three weeks and counting. Get the sack cloth and ashes ready.
Charlie
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