We can have more than $ 90 million per year to save Congress pay because they don't represent us; they are their major campaign contributors represent.
This year after a 2.5% salary increase, each of the 530 "ordinary" members of Congress deserve $ 169,300, the four majority and minority leaders are each paid $ 191,265, and the salary of the President of Parliament is $ 221,092.50-make their combined salary of $90,715 157.50. Moreover, Congress is scheduled for an automatic 2.8% increase in 2009. It will amaze you as these greedy careerists, this increase in these tough economic times accept?
Today in this environment, dollar-distorted represent democratic and Republican solons mainly their campaign donors at the expense of this nation and its citizens. American tax payers legislators with salaries, offices, staff, health care, generous pension schemes, and extensive perks, but we really need to be represented lobbyists.
It is a time consuming, difficult, full-time task raising money for the campaign for the elections. Members of the House of representatives have a relatively short time to raise money because they have to be running for re-election every two years. Even senators, whose elections take place every six years, find that most of their time cultivating clients and ask for money to spend. They build large campaign chests to discourage any opposition in the forthcoming elections. Donors expect consistent loyalty for their financing; their lobbyists carefully monitor the voting records of the beneficiaries. The Congress seniority system is a great motivator for these politicians to remain in function because membership and chairs of the most important commissions are earned by the length of time in Office. This Commission positions of power and perks, but just as importantly, facilitate attracting major campaign donations.
The progression self-serving politicians use to determine their vote on legislation is revealing:
Conducting surveys to indicate the will of their constituents; How will the impact of their interests; Please it will be in charge of their political party; It will present a case, for an opponent to introduce, in the forthcoming elections; Will it win a favor from a fellow legislators?
Note that there are no attention of: either the legislation is good for the United States.
Careerists, the ' to blame game ' use to distract attention from their performance. In the early childhood learning we quickly to others to escape responsibility. Members of Congress are guilt masters ' in the attention of their poor performance. When crisis by their obtuse micro-mismanagement, they accuse the other party. Other scapegoats are the CEOs of the industry and the heads of bureaucracies. This tactic is effectively polarized the country, so that the Americans condemn blindly the opposing political party instead of recognizing these guys and their selfish motives are the problem. Do not be misled by this divisive tactics, the fault lies with the candidates from both political parties.
The Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fiasco was the direct responsibility of the Congress by encouraging to accept tax unhealthy mortgages; even raising the threshold of the allowable size of mortgages when it was clear that there was a serious subprime problem. The hypocrites of bank committees of both houses, behaves like South American caudillos, hearings to berate the heads of these two organisations to mask their debt.
Again, the big three car crisis was caused primarily by a series of legislation enacted by the years by this career solons. The National Labor Relations Act of the Wagner Act in 1935, providing the right to trade unions to organise and collective bargaining empowered the United Auto workers essentially over of these automakers. The corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) Regulation further hampered the big three automakers. Foreign automakers, with plants in this country, chose to pay penalties in place to comply with this restriction. Congressional hearings about bailing out General Motors, Chrysler and Ford provides a stage for this shameless legislators embarrassment of the CEOs of these companies.
Granted, each political party different philosophies. However, passing career politicians these principles when there is a conflict with a big campaign contribution of interests or if a problem enough popular with the voting public. Republican congressmen, supposedly for smaller government and against welfare programs, voted for the popular Medicare prescription drug program for fear of losing their seats in Congress. Democratic congressmen, supposedly for the little guy, against the school voucher program, are beneficial to the minorities and the poor, because the teachers Union voted against it. Lately, used special interests more subtle ways of influence on members of Congress as generously donate to the foundations of the family members of Congress members.
A telling example, where members of Congress priorities, is one of the 2100 allocated, including 8.5 billion dollars added to this year's Defense Bill. The Ministry of defence wanted to switch from M291 kit to a new, more efficient Reactive Skin detoxification lotion, the lives of American soldiers exposed to chemical weapons to save. Decontaminate powder in the old M291 kit is difficult to apply, messy, irritating to eyes and errors of the carrier gas mask. The new lotion, RSDL, that the FDA enthusiastically recommended, is easy to use and is seven times more effective than M291. Rohm and Haas, brought the Pennsylvania company that makes the resin for M291 has more than 2 million dollars lobbying Congress to prevent the Department of Defense to replace the M291-kits (including $ 7,000 senator Hillary Clinton, D-NY, and more than $ 47,000 to Senator Arlen Specter, R-PA). Truetech, the New York Corporation that mixed the resin and mounted the kits in Arkansas, also lobbied to keep the lucrative kit of outdated. Clinton, Schumer, and others a $ 2 million earmark for added D291 kits in 2007. Rohm and Haas got $ 1 million in 2008, and received 4 Truetech. $ 4 million in a secret appropriation of Clinton, Schumer, specter and others. Now, because the forces were forced to buy from the M291-kits that are not used, there are 2.2 million obsolete kits in stock, which will also include the cost of a considerable amount of money to save. This is convincing evidence that these senators will do everything in our power to their careers even at the expense of the well-being of our men and women in uniform.
Tragically, this is not an isolated incident. Earmarks and legislation in favour of campaign employees become the modus operandi of the Congress. We will remain a dysfunctional government to recognize that Americans these self-serving members of Congress their true motives have disguised by the nation to divide into two opposing political camps. Vote this misleading guys out of Office in order to prevent further damage to our wonderful democracy.
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