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Our new Democratic-controlled House of Representatives recently passed a bill to make sure the approximately 800,000 federal employees out of work because the President is a narcissistic infant will get back pay for the shutdown.
In fact, 411 House members voted for the bill, passing it with overwhelming bipartisan support. Well, except for seven House Republicans disagreed. And heeeeere they are ….
Justin Amash of Michigan Andy Biggs of Arizona Paul Gosar, also of Arizona Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin Thomas Massie of Kentucky Chip Roy of Texas Ted Yoho of Florida.
The only ones to vote No, while they sit back and collect their annual salary of at least $174,000. And Glenn Grothmanexplains it like this:
“We can work out something, for some sort of compensation, but to get paid full pay for maybe three or four months when you’re not working? That’s why we’re $22 trillion in debt. These people around here can’t say no to anything.”
Um, except, asshat, they aren’t asking for time off; they were forced to either leave their jobs, or stay and work their jobs without pay, because of your President; and yet you want to punish them?
Let’s look at the numbers … all federal employee compensation, including money for pensions and healthcare packages, is around $200 billion. Whoosh, that sounds like a lot, but when you compare it to the GOP Tax Scam, which are racking up costs of about $150 billion a year , or the $21 trillion the Pentagon lost track of between 1998 and 2015, $200 billion in federal employee compensation is just pennies.
But, hey, who cares that those federal air traffic controllers received checks for $0.00 while they are still working; and who cares if there is no back pay guaranteed for the thousands of federal contractors who are not on a W-2 arrangement with the federal government. And who cares that forcing people to work without pay is basically slavery. And who cares that members of Congress members have these perks allotted to them, year-round, government shutdown or not:
Congress members get annual allowances averaging $1.27 to staff and manage their offices almost entirely as they see fit, as well as for travel and other expenses. Congress members work as average of 138 legislative days each year—roughly four-and-a-half months. Congress members are required to purchase health insurance via an Affordable Care Act exchange, but they receive a federal subsidy amounting to 72% of their premiums. Congress members, depending on age and length of service, receive a lifelong pension of 80% of their salary. Congress members who die in office have seen to it that their families receive a payout equal to a year's salary $174,000[ of note, there is a one-time $100,000 death gratuity for families of military personnel killed in action. Congress members have access to free, reserved parking spots at DC-area airports, a dedicated congressional call desk with major airlines and the ability to reserve seats on multiple flights but only pay for the flight boarded. Congress members, upon leaving office, receive lifetime benefits such as use of the taxpayer-funded gym at the Capitol, access to the House and Senate floors, parking in House lots, and the ability to dine in the House and Senate dining rooms.
So why should they care if government employees aren’t getting paid, and will receive no back pay?
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Showing posts with label Andy Biggs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Andy Biggs. Show all posts
Monday, January 14, 2019
Seven Republicans Tell Furloughed Workers To F**k Off
Friday, February 09, 2018
I Didn't Say It ...
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Rachel Maddow, on Fox News and the GOP for overhyping the Nunes memo:
“That’s it? … This memo will make _____ innocent. This memo will put Robert Mueller in jail. It’ll abolish the FBI! … I can’t believe this is it. I don’t really believe in the whole cable news wars idea. I know people who work across the street at the Fox News channel. I have friends this work there. I think we’re all doing our own thing our own way the best we can, but oh my god. they have been hyping and hyping and huffing and puffing and working their audience into a frenzy for two solid weeks. They have literally built a right-wing public movement that this memo must be released because this memo will fix the _____ presidency. It will fix the Russia scandal for President _____ and make the whole thing go away. Apparently, despite that, apparently they didn’t know or they didn’t notice that this thing they have been clambering for and hyping for two solid weeks, that they have built up this frenzy around disproves their whole point … I will admit to being shocked that this is all they released … They promised the Fox News audience. they promised the country, they talked a big portion of the normal media into believing they were about to shake the earth.”
Did we expect different from the Fat Bastard’s advisors?
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_____, accusing Democrats of “treasonous” behavior for not clapping during his State of the Union address:
“You have the [Democrats] – even on positive news…they were like death. And un-American. Somebody said ‘treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess. Why not? Can we call that treason? Why not?”
You can’t. It’s Free Speech and we still have that in this country though I wish they’d take it away from you.
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Tammy Duckworth, Democratic Senator from Illinois, on _____’s accusation of treason:
“We don't live in a dictatorship or a monarchy. I swore an oath—in the military and in the Senate—to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, not to mindlessly cater to the whims of Cadet Bone Spurs and clap when he demands I clap.”
Snap, though; girl, snap.
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Claudia Tenney, GOP Representative, goosestepping with _____:
“I would say it was un-American. And they don’t love our country. I don’t know if I would go as far as treasonous.”
Actually, asshat, it’s the height of being American, being able to speak your mind, because you love this country and don’t want to see it left in the hands of asshats like the Fat Bastard and Claudia Tenney.
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Andy Biggs, GOP Congressman from Arizona, on those so-called “treasonous” Democrats”:
"He might have been a little hyperbolic there, I'm not sure that it's treasonous to sit during the State of the Union address, although it is certainly disrespectful. And I couldn't understand why they wouldn't stand up for 'a nation under God' but they would stand up for some of the things, in the end they might have some 'splaining to do when they meet God (chuckles) but otherwise I think it's just disrespectful, that's all."
Um, Andy, you dumbass. When you meet God, if you meet God, and that’s up for debate, perhaps you can tell Her why you urged _____ to pardon Arizona ex-sheriff and certifiable racist lawbreaker Joe Arpaio.
Oh, and he’s a birther racist, too.
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Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Congressmna from New York, on _____”s treason accusations:
“I rise today to say treason is not a laughing matter. It is a serious crime embedded in the Constitution, punishable by death. But since your commander in chief chose to raise it at a political rally, let's have a discussion about treason … Is it treason for a presidential campaign to meet with a hostile foreign power to sell out our democracy and rig the election? Is it treason for a presidential campaign to meet with Russian spies who promise information that was negative about a political opponent and then fail to report that meeting to law enforcement officials? Is it treason for your former National Security Advisor to be a Russian asset sitting at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue doing the bidding of Vladimir Putin? How dare you lecture us about treason. This is not a dictatorship. It's a democracy, and we do not have to stand for a reality show host masquerading as president of the United States."
Mic.Drop.
Bravo, sir.
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Shep Smith, Fox News host, mocking _____’s military parade demands:
“He could go see the tanks at a military base if he wanted to. Or they could give him replicas. Little mini replicas. I mean, he wants to see what he has. I had some of those when I was a kid.”
Funny, cuz I bet if they gave _____ toy soldiers he’d play with them all day long.
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Joe Biden, on _____’s attacks on the FBI and DOJ:
“This is the first president to make a full-throated, unvarnished attack on the entirety of the FBI. This is to discredit the FBI and discredit his own Justice Department. You know, look, I spent a lot of time traveling around the world. What do you think they’re thinking in Moscow? This is doing everything that Putin ever wanted, sowing doubt about whether or not our justice system is fair, sowing doubt about whether or not there is anything that’s remotely consistent with our Constitution. It’s just — it’s a disaster.”
It’s treason, to borrow a fgavroite new word from the Fat Bastard.
Oh, and …run, Joe, run!
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Seth Meyers, on the Fat Bastard’s plan for a military parade:
“That’s right. Trump wants a military parade. So you’re just going ‘full dictator’ now. Just ‘dick’ wasn’t enough? Man, you had your chance to be in the military and you dodged it. If you want to hold a parade for something you yourself actively avoided, why not throw an IRS Parade or a Parade of Personal Trainers?”
Bwahaha. Personal trainers!
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