Saturday, December 13, 2008

Pay raises for federal judges in bailout bill | Kevin Colby: News, Culture, Political blog by your favorite antagonist

"Did you know that Harry Reid has decided to slip a little something extra into this auto bailout for the Big Three? This bailout will not only help GM, Ford and Chrysler, but also a pay raise for federal judges.

Did you know that your Senators and your Congressmen are getting a $5,000 raise on January 1st? Let’s see, these Congressmen already make $169,300 a year and they will be awarded an almost 3% raise. But my question is for what? Do you think they deserve a raise after the trillions of tax dollars they have spent and have put your children and grandchildren on the hook for it? Now this federal judge raise is a COLA - cost of living adjustment - but let me ask you this .. how many of you out there who own your own business are giving $5,000 cost of living adjustments to your employees right now? How many of you have worked for years without a raise that won’t even keep up with inflation? Or a raise at all?"

The pigs in "Animal Farm", that's what they are, the gluttonous pigs in "Animal Farm."

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