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Vicente
2013 Feb 28, 2:04pm
Too much money goes to defense contractors.
Merely speaking this aloud, marks you as a traitor in our midst. Expect a brace of young men with flag pins on their lapels, to disembark from their Escalades and CORRECT you on how War Money is never waste.
Congressmen/women and Senators don't really care about their salaries. What they care about is the salary they will make when they pass through the revolving door into lobbying or corporate management. Their own salaries are merely a temporary stipend and most are wealthy enough on their own to not even need that. They like the little guy threatening their pay and perks. Take away their ability to cash in after their term is up or they're forced to resign and you'd hear some real hollaring.
FortWayne
2013 Mar 1, 1:25am
Congress should be allowed to set its own salary. Instead, their salaries should be based on Congress's approval rating.
Of course, most senators make most their money under the table in exchange for legislation. We'd need a way to stop that. I vote for prison terms.
They often do the way Herry Reid is known for, approve big construction projects right near his personal land holdings that he acquired for cheap. Now value of his land rises and he flips it profiting millions of dollars. That's a pretty profitable gig, do absolutely nothing, make millions by using taxpayer dollars.
joshuatrio
2013 Mar 1, 3:05am
I worked for the USDA, and would have been effected by both the sequester, and the proposal you just made. It would be really upsetting to me, a gov't employee who has nothing to do with all the bull caused by the congress.
Too much money goes to defense contractors.
Too much money is wasted on entitlement programs without enough research and execution with pilot programs. Be bold enough to fail, but don't do nothing.
Too much money is made as members of the board of large corporations after retirement.
Tax code is too complex allowing for loopholes for those wealthy enough to employee lawyers and accountants.
Lol - Tell me why we even need the USDA? Talk about a giant welfare program.
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Petition Background
The across-the-board cuts set to go into effect at the end of the week will hurt the economy, and they should be stopped. But if Congress insists on cutting anyone's salary, they should cut their own paychecks first.
In fact, they have proposed a 20% across-the-board pay cut for 800,000 federal employees - all while leaving their salaries safely intact. If hard working employees will see an unexpected pay cut because Congress can’t get its own job done, shouldn’t our Congress members also see a pay cut?
After all, we pay their salaries.
As a state politician in Maine, I am seeing first-hand the devastating impact these cuts will have on our local communities. Why should our Congressional representatives not feel some of the pain, if they're so convinced that cuts are the answer? The least they can do is cut their own salaries first.