Comments on: Pity The Poor Congresscritters?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:44:20 +0000

I think the blanket and designated spot is a bit much. Let them scrounge on their own, but give them the box made from the recycled Chinese cardboard that dissolves on a humid day.

Civil service in the US is below market salary levels, the health insurance and pensions are considered the equalizers. You still have a hard time living around DC if you are in civil service. You actually have to take a test to get a civil service job, unlike Congress.

I’m sure they could find a trailer park in Maryland they could afford to live in.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:49:57 +0000

I’d give ’em a cardboard box and a moldy old blanket and a spot in the back alley. Then maybe they will have some faint idea what the poor have to deal with.

Actually, I’d make all politicians and civil servants pay scales geared to the cost-of-living and the amount of *actual work* they do, and tied to *positive only* outcomes. The rest of the money would go towards social services and job creation. That would be a LOT of money! One benefit would be that only people with an actual conscience would want to be a Politician, since they would actually have to work for a living. 🙂

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:03:24 +0000

They started out living in taverns around the area, so let them return to that “conservative” model.

Excuse me, but less than three years is an unaccompanied tour. They aren’t in session long enough at any given time for this qualify as more than a TDY, not a PCS. They can stay in transit quarters, i.e. a cot and a wall locker.

By: LeftLeandingLady

LeftLeandingLady — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:33:31 +0000

I have long advocated military type bachelor quarters for these bozos. Taking your family to live there? Military housing! DoD schools (which are wonderful, mostly).

What about that poor E3 marine with a wife and 2 kids guarding the White House door? Where is he supposed to live?

And I bet they could downsize that 2.2 million dollar house in their home district and afford a lovely efficiency (I can never spell that word) in DC.

They make me sick!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:19:17 +0000

It just ticks me off that these people are “poor mouthing” about a $170K job with a staff and a lot of perks, complaining that they can’t “afford” it get a place to sleep. What about the school teachers, cops, and waitresses who make a damn site less than half of that, but are forced to live there?

Whiners, they are a bunch of whiners who vote against extending unemployment benefits, children’s health care, aid with heating bills, and a lot of other programs that aid people making a hell of a lot less money than they do.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:07:05 +0000

There is something unsanitary about these people living in their offices.

Ummm… you are talking about Politicians, right? LOL If one was bitten by a rabid rat, the rat would be dead in seconds (and the politician would hardly notice a thing). LOL

Or, is that just code for “They are a bunch of tight-arsed, cheap bastards”? LOL If they spent their wages on accommodation, a lot of hookers, one-night Hotels and restaurants in DC would be out of business in no time. The poli’s would have to spend more time in *men’s rooms* to find stress relief from all that hard work they don’t do! LOL And think of the added burden on the economy! 😀