You might be losing your job..but we're keeping our raise!

[tfcrew]

  Hypocrisy there?
Also, no mainstream coverage either.
 Notice the comments below the article......

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/03/13/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4863877.shtml

[SMS60]

That is hard to read.

I think the Constitution has very few flaws. What a marvelous peice of work for 250 years ago. The men who wrote it had tremendous foresight.

One of the flaws I feel is the rules on the Congress. I think if there were term limits for both branches of the Congress like the excecutive office these issues might not be so hard to swallow.

I dont think the framers imagined carreer politicians or thought the constituants would be smart enough to vote representatives out of office after a couple of terms.

[tfcrew]

Just read that Congress will just use Social Security retirement to fund their raise..

The Beginning of the End: No COLA For Social Security Recipients
May 04, 2009 10:56 AM EDT
views: 345 | rating: 8.5/10 (6 votes) | comments: 15

Something is about to happen, that has never happened before. Some of the nation's Social Security recipients are about to have their only source of income cut, but approximately 75% of Social Security recipients are protected by law, and will simply see no COLA (cost of living adjustment) increases over the next few years.

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977673393&nav=Groupspace&grpId=3659174697244816
They get the bucks ..we get the 'change'

[JR]

Can you say "Crank up the printing presses?"

[tfcrew]

Just read that Congress will just use Social Security retirement to fund their raise..http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977673393&nav=Groupspace&grpId=3659174697244816
They get the bucks ..we get the 'change'

Guess what?
They're doing it again this January...

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/10/11/no-cola-adjustment-for-social-security-recipients-in-2011/

68 million retired Americans forced to suck it up once again for the fat cats.
Read some of the comments [bottom of link]

[GQBlues]

This really is peanuts Karl, at least compared to the indulgence and liberties these cronies had done to the American people. I read the trails left behind the huge AIG bailouts. There never will be payoff let alone profit by way of interest these politicians said during the giveaways. The US taxpayers will be lucky if 'we' get even half of that money back, let alone any windfall.

Guess who got really bailed out on that giveaway? Not our banks nor our local investors. It appears that the majority of AIG's rancid empty bags of investment were mostly held by European ME banks/investors.

'x' out AIG and 'x' out GM and Chrysler. This was the 'Change' Joe and Jane Bendover bought into and made all of us accountable for it. I wished there was a way to make people financially responsible for the politicians they elect into office.

So yeah, they may as well give themselves a raise while they're at it.