Combat the Congressional Grinsh

[bigredfeather]

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I think this is the only section Boss ever looks at (same pretty much goes for me). He probably just did it out of habit.

 

[Buster52]

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[celticfarmer]

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Personally I think it belongs with the rest of the discussions about turkeys.

 

[33yardbirds]

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Probably because the government is too chicken to make a common sense decision. They'll have no problem giving themselves a pay raise quickly, while our Seniors eat cat food and go with out Meds. The whole bunch isn't worth the powder it would take to put their butts in orbit

 

[GAGE]

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Personally I think it belongs with the rest of the discussions about turkeys.

In the other animals thread...another word for donkey!

 

[DuckLady]

The report button is your friend.

If you see a thread in the wrong section, it is likely an accident. So help the original poster by just using the report button instead of making a big deal out of it.

 

[Brunty_Farms]

Knowing Boss... that was no accident.

 

[Junkmanme]

Does the failure to pass the Budget mean that the Congressmen and Senators won't get paid?

If so....I guess I'm in favor of delaying it for a little longer.

Ha-Ha !!!
-Junkmanme-

 

[Dunkopf]

They made a stop gap plan to keep it floating till Feb or March. That way the new majority has a better chance of cutting programs that help people. The big guy just signed the extension of the tax cuts. He also got them to knock our contribution to SS down by 2% for 1 year. Of course that didn't take much effort. It's the beginning of the end for SS. at 6.8% it would have been good for 29 more years. Since the new majority wants to get rid of SS, this 2% reduction will stay in place and probably reduced more. SS will probably be bankrupt in 15 years instead of 29. I would suggest that you put your 2% raise in to some kind of investment. Either that or get your kids to commit to living with them. This 2% thing was a bad move.

 

[Dunkopf]

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You ain't seen damage yet. Wait till next year. It's gonna be 2000-2008 all over again. Huge deficit spending that none of us will see a dime of and won't do a thing to help the economy. Some people are going to get just what they asked for.