Boehner doesn't agree to House paycuts

[Judi Lynn]

Source: UPI

Boehner doesn't agree to House paycuts
Published: Nov. 5, 2010 at 5:48 PM

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Taxpayer groups are urging future speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to lead by example and cut House salaries as a symbolic gesture of cutting spending.

To groups expecting Republicans who ran on the smaller-government-by-cutting-spending program it's a kind of "put up or shut up" prospect.

"There has to be a visible gesture that people can immediately relate to," said Pete Sepp, the executive vice president of the conservative National Taxpayers Union.

"And cutting pay would be one of the best symbols, because unlike virtually anything else the federal government does, when Congress spends money on its own salaries and benefits, people can make a direct comparison to their own situation," Sepp said.



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[Solly Mack]

1. snicker

[tridim]

2. Suckers.

[katty]

3. been sayin' this for decades-Congress take a pay cut and

STOP giving yourself raises!

[Angry Dragon]

4. But they work so hard for their money

[stray cat]

5. ALao why they want to keep Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy and the estate tax

And cut funds for teachers, hospitals research of all types including medical and energy, and student loans leading to massive increases in unemployment

They are padding their pockets and destroying American jobs nd education and innovation

[Robbien]

6. Multi-millionaire politicians don't need the dinky government salaries

but they take pleasure in making sure to grab up every single dime if it comes from the average Joe's pocket.

[Hawkeye-X]

7. Very well. Then we'll drop your bennies instead.

And git your own! Yer independent contractors!

[Fresh_Start]

8. I think 10% of them should be unemployed

as well.
Roll the dice to decide which of them go on unemployment.

[madmax]

10. +10 and no extended benefits either. nt

[No Elephants]

38. Got Constitutional amendments?

[SpiralHawk]

9. What suckers they are....

Republicons take a pay cut? Bwaaaa ha ha ha ha.

That shit is for little people.

[Jennicut]

11. When hell freezes over.

[onehandle]

12. Third party, teabaggers. Go Full third party.

It's the only way.

[TroglodyteScholar]

13. A drinking habit like Boehner's isn't cheap to sustain, people.

Have a little empathy here....

[DBoon]

14. Frugality is for losers (to them)

[MilesColtrane]

15. You think that tanning bed is gonna pay for itself?

[Tx4obama]

16. The GOP has taken the republican voters & teabaggers for a ride! ;) n/t

[TheEuclideanOne]

19. and they gladly paid admission for that ride, even though the roller coaster

is broken and their car will fly off the edge. The polticians won, but they didn't.

[eyeofdelphi]

17. ummm....

unemployment benefits have to take a cut, but not congress? i could almost laugh but it's too sad. i think i will forward this and the article about the cuts to unemployment to every idiot i know that voted republican. what will it take for people to realize that they're just lying to get votes and that once they're in office they'll just do whatever the hell they want?

[SnakeEyes]

18. Headline doesn't match content.

His spokesman just said they haven't decided where cuts will be made.

[hughee99]

37. Not really, but I agree that it sort of leaves the reader with the impression that

Boehner is against the pay cuts. It actually says that they haven't decided on it yet, which technically means they haven't agreed to them yet (nor have they disagreed).

[2Design]

20. repub congress has gotten pay increase while asking others to cut for over a decade

[trayfoot]

21. Boehner = HYPOCRITE!!!!!!!!!

[Historic NY]

22. HAHAHA..........the only spending they want to stop is ours.

[krabigirl]

23. of course not.

[activa8tr]

24. I'm Shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED!!! n/t

[icnorth]

25. Here's a visible gesture you can relate to

Pete old buddy...


Sincerely,
John

[cstanleytech]

26. What a two faced weasel.

[No Elephants]

40. Is his other face orange, too?

[tomg]

27. Boehner to Taxpayers Groups:

Go fuck yourselves. I got mine.

[countrydad58]

28. Yeah while your at it orange man

cut or eliminate your subsidized top of the line health care benefits,that your bawling drunk ass has denied to 47 million americans.

[blue sky at night]

29. oh, and don't forget the health care...

they don't need it and we can't afford anymore. HEY BONER...end it you fuck.

[jmowreader]

30. I have a better "symbolic gesture"

Cut about $50 billion out of the defense budget. Right now.

You know they are going to do all their cuts in things Democrats like (such as environmental spending and social spending), so cutting $50 billion out of the defense budget--which would NOT reduce the level of military readiness, as the Repukes suggest--would definitely be change we could believe in.

Even if they halved the Congresspersons' pay, it wouldn't be a significant pay cut. There aren't that many of them and, at less than $200,000 per congresscritter, they're not as expensive as, say, trying to shoot down drone missiles with lasers and failing.

Now for a real cut: stop spending money on National MIssile Defense. It would be cheaper just to go to every country that has nukes and buy them outright.

[CountAllVotes]

31. orange man hypocrite

n/t

:kick:

[No Elephants]

42. Unkind to Orange Americans! You're lucky I'm not alerting.

[and-justice-for-all]

32. They make to much and I want them all to take a piss test..nt

[rooboy]

33. Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard had a way to deal with this.

Whenever a constituent or journalist asked him why he wasn\'t fulfilling an election promise, he would say that there were \'core\' promises and \'non-core\' promises. This was obviously a non-core promise.

[groundloop]

34. Now that's a fantastic idea. I'm writing my repuke congressman and suggesting he support that.

[robcon]

35. Congress is not overpaid. Staff cut, not pay cut.

n/t

[hedgehog]

39. What we really need are staffs that do more than transmit

marching orders from lobbyists!

[countrydad58]

46. Not overpaid?

Yes they are! They make about 4-5x the median income or more than their constituents in the majority of the country! To me that is overpaid!

[jpak]

36. Boner needs that extra money for tanning sessions

dumbass

[CountAllVotes]

45. it is difficult to keep that "orange glo" shining!

:dem:

[Ter]

41. What does a House member make, 150k? 200k?

That's not an insane amount for the work they do, while some greedy CEO or A-Rod is getting 30 million. I wouldn't agree to a pay cut either.

[tomhayes]

43. Who cares what they make??

Really, does it FUCKING MATTER?

It's like "tackling" health-care reform by focusing on tort reform.

Do you want to make sure that only the wealthy can ever run for office?

If you cut salaries by 5% then people will just say cut them by 10%, until you make the politicians PAY to stay in office.

You know who'd do that? Carly Fiorina. Meg Whitman.

I can't believe we have a STUPID constitutional amendment about pay congressional raises but not the No ERA. The 27th amendment should have been the ERA.

Focus on REAL issues and leave shit like this to the tea-party morons and the Heritage Foundation.

[sakabatou]

44. Aw, bitch please

[harun]

47. I think they should be paid more.

[countrydad58]

48. For what?

[countrydad58]

49. For what?

3 day work weeks sitting on their asses,while lobbyests write the bills. Great health & benefit package. Winter,Spring, & summer recesses. Pretty good gig!

[harun]

51. I'd rather them get taxpayer money than Corporate money.

[countrydad58]

52. Yes

But they get that too! On top of their personal wealth.

[eringer]

50. Better yet. Make them cut their staffs by 50 percent.