Capitol Hill Rats Desert Sinking Ship of State: Obamacare is “Too Expensive”
Not fair to these employees because they are federal employees? Intervene on Congress’s behalf? How is this draconian Obamination fair to the rest of us?
2013 salary figures for Congressional aides range between $35,000 and $170,000. Government statistics list Congressmen and Senators’ base salaries, exclusive of benefits or any extras, beginning at $174,000 per year. By contrast, median, U.S. household income (all members of a household combined), according to CNN Money, was $50,100 in 2012. That figure has plummeted and is expected to fall even lower for 2013. Yet Americans are expected to swallow The Lyin’ King’s bitter healthcare pill while Congress frantically works, not for us, but for themselves? Clearly, the day of the citizen-statesman is long gone. There is no sane rationale for this unapologetic display of Congressional self-aggrandizement.
Politico stated that “dozens” of lawmakers refused to go on the record for fear of repercussions. But, whether on the record or off, lawmakers agreed that “departures could run the gamut from low-level staff to legislative aides, to senior aides and lawmakers. Capitol Hill is an attractive workplace for politically ambitious college graduates, but a core of Capitol Hill aides stick around for decades … earning prized retirement packages.”
Whether they stick around for decades or not, their proposed defections can only benefit the rest of the nation. If this is what it takes to send them packing it would be a bargain at twice the price.
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