Post by KNOWTHIS on Jan 7, 2009 17:11:46 GMT -5
While the right-wing scum in Congress complain about autoworkers getting paid too much, guess who is dipping in to the funds again for yet another raise? What other job allows you to vote yourself a raise? Has anyone else heard about this on any of the major news networks? I haven't.
usgovinfo.about.com/b/2009/01/03/congress-getting-a-pay-raise-how-about-you.htm
usgovinfo.about.com/b/2009/01/03/congress-getting-a-pay-raise-how-about-you.htm
Some say they work hard for the money, and unless they pass a bill rejecting it, members of the U.S. Congress will get $4,700 cost-of-living (COLA) raise beginning in January 2009. The average member of Congress will realize a 2.8 percent raise, bringing his or her annual salary to $174,000. The raises for congress will cost taxpayers $2.5 million during 2009.
With passage of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, lawmakers authorized themselves the automatic – no debate, no vote – annual cost-of-living raise unless they specifically pass legislation rejecting or reducing it. Congress has voted to reject the automatic raise six times since then, most recently in 2007. In 2008, lawmakers accepted a $4,100 raise. So far, no legislation rejecting the 2009 COLA increase has been introduced....
With passage of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, lawmakers authorized themselves the automatic – no debate, no vote – annual cost-of-living raise unless they specifically pass legislation rejecting or reducing it. Congress has voted to reject the automatic raise six times since then, most recently in 2007. In 2008, lawmakers accepted a $4,100 raise. So far, no legislation rejecting the 2009 COLA increase has been introduced....