Thread: Pension/Salary/Benefits CONGRESS!

It figures.... And why am I not surprised. Reading this makes my blood boil. On the positive side, I know Ron Paul never accepts his pay rasie. As a matter of fact I don't think he accepts any salary from his Congressional job at all.

What upsets me is that I am was awarded Social Security disability in 2005 due to complications of botched back surgery. I received quite a hefty 5.8% COLA for 2009. This was great to know when I received the notice. Unfortunately, however, there will be no increase for 2010 for cost of living increases for Social Security recipients. And I have no clue about the year after next.

And like yeah, the $250.00 I got from SSA as part of the "Stimulus Package". Like that went far. I'd like to kick those no-good members of Congress (and actually the moron in the White House too) right in the "pAckage". I'd love to see THEM wince for a change.

I also get a small disability from my former employer (the former biggest bank in the Country that took all that TARP money and was just removed from trading on the stock exchange). Luckily THY aren't paying me but the gloated insurance company.

I love in the topic review I see about "voting ourselves a raise because that's what the U.S. Congress just did"

Those idiots on the Hill don't know what in the heck they're doing. Or they do, but don't care. They're all elitists anyway and we've got to get together people and vote these stupid A$$holes out! They work for US so WE should be deciding their salaries and any merit/cost of living raises. They'd have to give up their second 'vacation' home while the rest of us are losing our ONLY ones! (Fortunately I'm not as I don't own, I rent!)

There's my two cents worth. When are we going to get damn mad and not take it any more??

Who makes bank at the White House

- Lili Ladaga

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20090702/ ... news_pl425

In the spirit of transparency, the Obama Administration posted on its White House blog a detailed list of who makes what at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

According to the WhiteHouse.gov blog, every administration since 1995 has been required to "deliver a report to Congress listing the title and salary of every White House Office employee." In January, in one of his first acts as president, Obama announced that he was freezing the salaries of employees who made more than $100,000 a year, saying, "Families are tightening their belts, and so should Washington."

It may be a government job, but a gig in the White House isn't so bad: The highest earners take home $172,200, while at the low end, staff assistants get $36,000. The big winner, however, is David Marcozzi, the Director of Public Health Policy, who earns $192,934 a year.

The $172,200 Club: This exclusive club includes Obama's top aides, such as Senior Advisers David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, press secretary Robert Gibbs and Jon "Favs" Favreau, Obama's head speechwriter.

Other notable salaries:

— $102,000 Reggie Love, the president's personal aide and "body man," who was named the Hottest White House Employee according to a Huffington Post poll, barely edging out "Favs."

— $113,000 Desiree Rogers, who is on every D.C. socialite's speed-dial, was tapped to be the White House social secretary, charged with coordinating every social event held by the White House. The stylish Chicagoan pals around with Anna Wintour and was the subject of an extensive Vogue magazine feature.

— $84,000 Catherine Lelyveld, press secretary to First Lady Michelle Obama, hails from the Windy City as well, and served as Mrs. Obama's communication director during the presidential campaign.

— $36,000 That's how much Darienne Page, the White House receptionist, or "ROTUS" takes home annually. In a recent New York Times profile, Obama introduced Page as "the receptionist of the entire United States." Before serving in the Obama White House, Page served as an Army sergeant in Iraq under George W. Bush.

Joe Biden takes in $227,300 as the vice president of the United States, while Obama earns $400,000 a year, far less than the $2.6 million he earned in 2008 as a presidential candidate and author.

(See the entire list here).

http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/docume ... raft12.pdf

About Member of Congress Salaries
Salaries FAQ About Congressional Staff Salaries

http://www.legistorm.com/member_of_cong ... aries.html
[quote]
Congress is required by Article I, Section 6, of the Constitution to determine its own pay.

Pay adjustments can be enacted through stand-alone legislation or through a commission process, but most commonly member salary increases are implemented through an automatic annual adjustment process in which members receive an automatic “cost of livingâ€

KICK THEM ALL OUT!!!!



Kathyet