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A few interesting factoids....

Salary of retired US Presidents .............$180,000 FOR LIFE (I've not problem with this one; how many ex-Presidents do we have to deal with?)

Salary of House/Senate .......................$174,000 FOR LIFE (This is stupid)

Salary of Speaker of the House .............$223,500 FOR LIFE (This is really stupid)

Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders ....... $193,400 FOR LIFE (Ditto last line)

Average Salary of a teacher ............... $40,065

Average Salary of Soldier DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN ....... $38,000

It's pretty clear to me..... :lightbulb2:


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Well tell me to MMOB, but how about a vacation that costs...what, upwards of 10,000,000? while everyone else in the country

is holding their breath and the people suffering in the aftermath of Sandy wonder if they live in a third world country and

most people have a shortfall in their salary and not a windfall etc

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http://www.coburn.se...11-64e3dfbe94e1

This is a 600+page pdf of the book Tom Coburn put out two years or so ago that gives over ten trillion dollars that could be cut and not make much of a downgrade of the effectiveness of our government. Some of it is duplication of services that we pay several sets of government people to all do the very same thing.

Anyway it's rather upsetting to read the thing and see where so much wast is going, but there should be no real reason we couldn't balance our budget by the end of the summer........ if they would only do so.

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A few interesting factoids....

Salary of retired US Presidents .............$180,000 FOR LIFE (I've not problem with this one; how many ex-Presidents do we have to deal with?)

Salary of House/Senate .......................$174,000 FOR LIFE (This is stupid)

Salary of Speaker of the House .............$223,500 FOR LIFE (This is really stupid)

Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders ....... $193,400 FOR LIFE (Ditto last line)

Average Salary of a teacher ............... $40,065

Average Salary of Soldier DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN ....... $38,000

It's pretty clear to me..... :lightbulb2:

Congress rammed Obamakill, er Obamacare, down our throats -- so they should be forced to participate also! No special medical coverage for Congress, they suffer with the rest of us and they pay the same onerous taxes to pay for it.


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You guys should watch the documentary "IOUSA" and get a perspective of relative size of spending. It is very informative how we got to this point.

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A few interesting factoids....

Salary of retired US Presidents .............$180,000 FOR LIFE (I've not problem with this one; how many ex-Presidents do we have to deal with?)

Salary of House/Senate .......................$174,000 FOR LIFE (This is stupid)

Salary of Speaker of the House .............$223,500 FOR LIFE (This is really stupid)

Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders ....... $193,400 FOR LIFE (Ditto last line)

Average Salary of a teacher ............... $40,065

Average Salary of Soldier DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN ....... $38,000

It's pretty clear to me..... :lightbulb2:

Hello Morning Glory,

Are these post political salaries paid regardless of the persons other income ? ie I have read that Mr Bill Clinton earns in excess of 7 million AUD/annum atm.

It is unusual to be paid for a lifetime when the employment may only last 4 years.

The hypocrisy of politicians is astounding.


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The wealthy only worry about spending cuts when there's no middle class left to pass the tax burden off on.

Runnin' up the debt was never a problem with them before.


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This thread has been sSig_spamcan_zpsef630034.gif prob an accidental overload but I wanted to try out the new spam smiley sFun_whistle_zpsecce3a75.gif

then again, who liked every post? hmmmmmmmmm


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Well tell me to MMOB, but how about a vacation that costs...what, upwards of 10,000,000? while everyone else in the country

is holding their breath and the people suffering in the aftermath of Sandy wonder if they live in a third world country and

most people have a shortfall in their salary and not a windfall etc

sFun_nopity_zpsefcd2ebc.gif

What???


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A few interesting factoids....

Salary of retired US Presidents .............$180,000 FOR LIFE (I've not problem with this one; how many ex-Presidents do we have to deal with?)

Salary of House/Senate .......................$174,000 FOR LIFE (This is stupid)

Salary of Speaker of the House .............$223,500 FOR LIFE (This is really stupid)

Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders ....... $193,400 FOR LIFE (Ditto last line)

Average Salary of a teacher ............... $40,065

Average Salary of Soldier DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN ....... $38,000

It's pretty clear to me..... :lightbulb2:

Hello Morning Glory,

Are these post political salaries paid regardless of the persons other income ? ie I have read that Mr Bill Clinton earns in excess of 7 million AUD/annum atm.

It is unusual to be paid for a lifetime when the employment may only last 4 years.

The hypocrisy of politicians is astounding.

As far as I know the salary is paid for their lifetime, regardless of other income. Stupid, huh?

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