No Salary Increase for Congress in Fiscal 2010
This bill would prevent Congress from getting an automatic pay raise.
Update: And here’s a bill to prevent Congress from getting a pay increase in any year when the government is running a deficit.
Update II: And another.
Update III: And another.
Update IV: Yet another.
Update V: Here’s another.
Update VI: Here’s another and another.
Update VII: By golly, here’s another.
Update VIII: The juggernaut continues! Do you suppose one of these will pass?
Update IX: And one more – this one an amendment to House rules.
Update X: And another.
Update XI: One more.
Update XII: They keep coming.
Update XII: They keep coming.
A Few of Our Elected Officials Seem to “Get It” « Brian Simpson
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Cindy Hatch
I believe in a new vision of our government and the role it plays in our lives as responsible Americans. The majority of us recognize and act on the required sacrifice we need to make and have made. Therefore I urge congress to enact a salary decrease of at least 10% and to freeze their salary until our economy is stable again. They are public servants yet run our lives have yet to walk the talk.
Matthew E. Drake
I have to ask – why is Congress getting a pay increase in 2009???
I am a Program Manager for a Defense Contractor – the only sucessful segment of my $160M company and I took a 3% reduction in Salary to keep people from loosing their jobs.
I need to see some more action out of Congressmen, Senators & Representatives.
We are wasting Taxpayers money on pork barrell stimulous spending and it seems we ALL should be taking steps to alleviate the situation – not just those hard working Americans, some of whom have lost their jobs already.
Please respond – I would love to know you thoughts.
Best regards,
Matthew E. Drake
Manager, Military Products
Grote Industries, LLC
2600 Lanier Drive
Madison, IN 47250
Mobile – 812-599-0815
Office – 812-265-8491
Fax – 812-265-8440
Home – 812-273-6438
Matthew.Drake@Grote.com
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Chuck Blommaert
Self-employed people are closing their doors right and left, companies are cutting back and cutting jobs, foreclosures, bankruptcies, etc., all happening right now… how can any representative of the PEOPLE of the USA even consider a pay increase! HOW DARE THEY!!!
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Dave Libby
Just a perfect example of our leaders looking out for themselves, and forget the people they represent. They are even worse than the so called President we currently have. What a shame!
barb phillips
You work for us. With so many of us out of work how can you justify your increase while the rest of us are trying to maintain. With unemployement rising and people being put on furlough have you no compassion for your fellow countryman or is it just about SELF
Andrea Wygle
No salary increases for Congress members, President OR Federal workers over all until the state governments are stable and not having furloughs, layoffs, etc. and people are going back to work across this nation. They for the citizens of this county and need to quit being so self serving.
Dennis Flynn
I wrote our dear CA congresswomen about the COLA that retired persons, and persons with disablities receiving Social Security benefits won’t be getting in 2010. One of the responses I received was: “In order to compensate for inflation, Social Security beneficiaries receive a COLA in January of each year. It reflects the rise in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers from one year to the next. Should this index not rise during the year, a COLA would not be triggered. For 2009, the COLA was 5.8 percent to reflect the rise in the cost of living measured over the previous year. However, consumer prices have dropped steadily in the past year due to the severe economic downturn.”
I’m not sure what part of the universe this person resides in. But, from my perspective and experience it rather seemed that living expenses were high to begin with. What I gleaned from her reply was that “Everything’s all right, and what are you worrying and whining about?”
I am prompted to remember the adage, “What’s good for one is good for all.”