Comments on: Part-time Government

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 19 May 2006 00:27:25 +0000

I would be satisfied if they had to live with all of the laws they passed, instead of automatically exempting themselves, but a steady diet of MREs should lead to improvements.

We could build them a housing area so they could be bused to and from work to save fuel or we could just make them telecommute. They could do everything they normally do from their districts with broadband access.

No one associated with the current government wants to work.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 18 May 2006 20:46:10 +0000

And try to scrape by on two meals a day (at least one of which must be an MRE or whatever the modern equivalent of C-rations is). They’re so gung-ho about supporting our troops, then let them eat what our troops eat (forget about cocktails, foie gras, and anything involving fusion that isn’t a weapon), wear what our troops wear, and sleep where our troops sleep. I bet we’d be out of Iraq in a heartbeat, and military families wouldn’t have to go on welfare or seek out food stamps or handouts to make ends meet anymore.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 18 May 2006 15:08:17 +0000

Andante, they are only in town Tuesday and Wednesday night, the way Rumsfeld is decimating the military there have to be empty barracks in the Washington area, let them find out how the military lives.

By: andante

andante — Thu, 18 May 2006 14:12:08 +0000

It’s expensive to live in the D.C. area, as I know well. I’ve never objected to congresscritters receiving enough of a salary to relocate & raise a family.

I’d propose cutting their salaries in half and providing dormitories, but there are far too many independently wealthy types in office. Which leads to another point – you almost HAVE to be independently wealthy to run for federal office. There’s no better example of that than the crowd of millionaire congressmen/women gathered around yesterday as Dubya signed the Trust Fund Baby and Big Oil Tax Relief Act.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 18 May 2006 06:11:28 +0000

It really galls me the way they talk about the possibility that someone who is down and out might get an extra $100/month while they are pulling down a six-figure salary and all the benefits for less work than my Mother does as a volunteer.

After flushing it, we need to fumigate it. Cockroaches are tough.

By: The CultureGhost

The CultureGhost — Thu, 18 May 2006 05:46:40 +0000

Time to turn on a fire hose and flush out the building…

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 18 May 2006 04:56:33 +0000

CRC: It is entirely unclear how you can call work what those critters do during the 97 days that they are there.

Well, unless shoveling shit is work. Then, we are all wallowing in the fruits of their labor.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 18 May 2006 04:23:08 +0000

It’s hardly even enough time to be considered a part-time job. They are making more than $1000 for every day they show up and they are really only working Wednesday and Thursday morning.

By: oldwhitelady

oldwhitelady — Thu, 18 May 2006 03:36:23 +0000

Yes.. and I think we should pay particularly close attention on their MEDICAL INSURANCE coverage!
This pisses me off.
They get paid, nicely.
They don’t represent US most of the time.
It looks like they’re really not going to be working all that much.
They get all sorts of great benefits.
They give themselves raises without us rating their performances.