Boondoggle #3

[Archangel]

Boondoggle #3
Congress Pays Itself — When President Obama warned that the current
economic circumstances would require a willingness to sacrifice, that
apparently didn’t include Congress. The discretionary spending bill fund
contains an 11 percent increase in legislative branch operations, which
members of Congress use to run their offices. The 11 percent hike is
about three times the 2008 rate of inflation, and dwarfs last year’s 4
percent increase. If approved, Congress will spend $4.4 billion on its
own operations.
At least some of the funds will go to promote, at least indirectly, the
political interests of the congressmen themselves. “This gives lawmakers
more resources to meet with more lobbyists, and also advertise
themselves more back home,” Riedl tells Newsmax.
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/spending_boondoggles/2009/03/08/189683.html

CHANGE YOU CAN COUNT ON!!

ARCHANGEL

[Reverend Billy Bob]

Post by Archangel
Boondoggle #3
Congress Pays Itself — When President Obama warned that the current
economic circumstances would require a willingness to sacrifice, that
apparently didn’t include Congress. The discretionary spending bill fund
contains an 11 percent increase in legislative branch operations, which
members of Congress use to run their offices. The 11 percent hike is about
three times the 2008 rate of inflation, and dwarfs last year’s 4 percent
increase. If approved, Congress will spend $4.4 billion on its own
operations.
At least some of the funds will go to promote, at least indirectly, the
political interests of the congressmen themselves. “This gives lawmakers
more resources to meet with more lobbyists, and also advertise themselves
more back home,” Riedl tells Newsmax.
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/spending_boondoggles/2009/03/08/189683.html
CHANGE YOU CAN COUNT ON!!
ARCHANGEL

Why didn't Bush do something about it. He had 8 years, Obama's had 6 weeks.

[Archangel]

Post by Reverend Billy Bob

Post by Archangel
Boondoggle #3
Congress Pays Itself — When President Obama warned that the current
economic circumstances would require a willingness to sacrifice, that
apparently didn’t include Congress. The discretionary spending bill fund
contains an 11 percent increase in legislative branch operations, which
members of Congress use to run their offices. The 11 percent hike is about
three times the 2008 rate of inflation, and dwarfs last year’s 4 percent
increase. If approved, Congress will spend $4.4 billion on its own
operations.
At least some of the funds will go to promote, at least indirectly, the
political interests of the congressmen themselves. “This gives lawmakers
more resources to meet with more lobbyists, and also advertise themselves
more back home,” Riedl tells Newsmax.
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/spending_boondoggles/2009/03/08/189683.html
CHANGE YOU CAN COUNT ON!!
ARCHANGEL

Why didn't Bush do something about it. He had 8 years, Obama's had 6 weeks.

There is this obscure little power of the president call a "veto" or is
Obama lacking the balls to "change" things

CHANGE YOU CAN COUNT ON!!

ARCHANGEL