Thanks to Ten Bears for the link to this important read. The republicans do not believe they work for the public. They do not believe in taking care of the people of the country. They really don’t even care about the country itself because they won’t fund the repairs needed for the infrastructure or other necessary things to keep the country from collapse. But they do believe in taking care of themselves and their big money donors using the US treasury. They think they deserve a raise, they claim they needed it. They are at their job half a year so it really is only part-time work, they have a full complement of staff paid for by the public, they have all sorts of free perks plus they get money for all the offices they claim including their ones at the capital or in their states, including their homes. Not only that, but they were making 174,000 a year on top of the perks. That is 14,500 a month. But people on social security making less than 2,000 a month don’t need a cost of living increase, and in fact republicans demand to cut that amount. They don’t want the minimum wage to be increased, as they demand their own wages be increased. The nation minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. That is only $1,160 a month at 40 hours a week with no guaranty of benefits. Yet republicans refuse to raise that even though it is not enough money to rent a single bedroom apartment. So remember this next time you vote that the republicans see the office they hold as a way to enrich themselves while screwing the public out of everything they have. Hugs. Scottie
Voted Themselves a Raise …
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We have an independent commission to set salaries for public service employees and executives, and at the turn of this century, the legislature passed a law placing themselves and cabinet under the same salaries commission. One thing I can say about this country is that not only is it the least corrupt nation on earth, we go out of our way to ensure it is seen as not being corrupt. This is an example.
Mind you, it did come back to bite them. During the pandemic, the salaries commission raised the salaries of many public service executives, including the Prime Minister, other ministers and Members of Parliament. Most of them thought under the circumstances they shouldn’t receive a raise as so many people were facing financial difficulties due to the pandemic, but they found they could not refuse it. Their only option was to donate the pay rise to a charity and that is what many of them did.
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Hi Barry. That is a great idea! I wish the US would do anything like that, but republicans fight any restrictions on their power or their ability to give themselves money. Best wishes. Scottie
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Scottie, I’d read Ten’s post earlier today, and your comments are spot on.
This will be OT but pertinent to your blog, plus you’ll enjoy it. You know I read personnelente, as I’ve posted their links here before. Here’s another one, and if you follow through to the one, you’ll find another one, and if you don’t howl with laughter, you will have a most satisfied good chuckle! The basic subject isn’t funny, but justice works in mysterious ways, and little things happen. Here’s personnelente’s link: https://personnelente.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/south-park-v-moms-for-liberty/comment-page-1/#comment-1414 . None of it is a long read, though the 3d page is hilarious to explore.
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Hi Ali. I agree, I liked the posts also. I decided to try following the blog. Thanks for the link. Hugs
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