WTF!!!
Citizens across this country are/will be losing jobs by the 10’s of thousands, and Reid insists Judges get a COLA...and they hide it in the Auto Bailout. My guess is that Congress wants this to pass before President-Elect Obama takes office in January...as he might not agree given the current economic conditions and the "we are all in this together" mantra.
At $169,300, these Judges will just have to make due in 2009. That's sufficient pay for someone passing judgment on our young for having a fat dubbie in their car. (oh, that’s another topic)
Pay Raise Link
The raise — an annual cost of living adjustment, or COLA — would bring U.S. District court judges up to par with members of Congress, who will receive an almost $5,000 boost on Jan. 1. District judges and lawmakers now earn $169,300 a year but are expected to be awarded a 2.8 percent raise next year...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., insisted that the judicial pay raise go into the automaker loan measure...
A House Democratic leadership aide said that while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., supports the pay raise, it was difficult for the House to hold a stand-alone vote in the midst of a recession to increase the pay for people making far more than most workers.
Hell yes it’s difficult. These chicken shits are afraid to take a vote where Americans will know how that actually stand so they conceal it in the Auto Bailout.
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll just completed shows Americans are willing to sacrifice.
Would you be willing to take a 5% pay cut if it meant saving jobs at your place of work?
Yes, would be willing 64
No, would not be willing 28
Not sure 8
Yes, Americans are willing to sacrifice, but it seems government MUST carry on as if nothing has happened. How about a 20% reduction in the size of Government? How about Government layoffs? Reduced Work week hours? Where is their pain?