Because I Said So
June 14, 2006:
Despite record low approval ratings, House lawmakers Tuesday accepted a $3,300 pay raise that will increase their salaries to $168,500.
The 2 percent cost-of-living raise would be the seventh straight for members of the House and Senate.
June 20, 2006:
A bid to boost the U.S. minimum wage failed Tuesday as Republicans in the House of Representatives pushed back an effort by Democrats to force a vote on the measure.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert, an Illinois Republican, said last week that he wanted to hold off on debating minimum wage legislation until possibly after the November elections. House Majority Leader John Boehner also said he probably wouldn’t allow the legislation to reach the House floor this week.
Moral of the story
Congressman: reasonable annual cost of living raise.
You: fuck off, peasant.
[blatantly stolen from Billmon]
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But the reality is that only a tiny precentage of the congresspeople and senators actually consider their salary as their primary income!
Comment by rabble — June 21, 2006 @ 2:02 pm