Cheney gets a raise.
By on Dec 22nd, 2006 at 11:35 am
Cheney gets a raise.
“President Bush signed an executive order Thursday to raise the pay of federal workers, members of Congress and Vice President Dick Cheney in the new year.” (The federal minimum wage — $5.15 an hour — hasn’t been raised since 1996.)
UPDATE: “Congress opted to put off its pay increases until Feb. 16, not Jan. 1, on the urging of the incoming Democratic leaders in the House and Senate. They say no pay raise should kick in until Congress approves an increase in the federal minimum wage.”
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Keep stuffing those personal accounts, time is of the essense here Dicky.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:37 amA raise? He needs an indictment.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:37 amhmmm …. is this a heckuva job moment?
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:38 amOK, even I am throwing the BS flag on this play.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:41 amHe considers he is doing “helluva job” in Iraq and he deserves to be paid adequately.What a criminal.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:46 amThe pay rate of Congress should be directly tied to the minimum wage. The only way to raise the pay of Congress critters should be to raise the minimum wage.
Oh, and Congress needs to be paid on an hourly basis, with time cards and everything. Don’t show up…don’t get paid.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:48 amAlms, Alms, Alms for the poor.
Cheney’s reply: They can go F&%# Themselves
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:51 amHow much are they getting.? Well I got my S.S. increase of $24.00 and then of course they increased the the medicare deduction by $6.00 so I got $19.00 total…Right after I was getting a fair amount and they started taking out $89.00 a month last Oct. for medicare…..Hummmm…..When I’m done reading this dreadful book I’m sure I will know no more than I did when they passed the medicare debacle and I was screaming against it. Next stop, the drug benefit’s I have to buy before Dec.31…Thank’s bull shit bush and the worst administration in our history….Blessings
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:54 amWhat a relief, “Dick” can have his favorite this year: standing rib roast, with roasted golden retriever puppies on the side.
Until that raise came through, it was looking like a poor year for roasted puppies.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:54 amIsn’t Darth Cheney getting enough income off the Halliburton-sponsered war?
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:55 am(Maybe he is worried that little money maker will actually end after the adult supervision starts in January.)
What a slap in the face. I thought my cousin Robert was the only person who could get a raise for doing nothing. It looks like our “Do Nothing” Congress will share in that delight.
Here’s more irony for you to savor.
WASHINGTON Jul 28, 2006 (AP)— Congress would pass an increase in the minimum wage before leaving Washington for vacation, but only as part of a package rolling back taxes on the heirs of multimillionaires….
Trizza.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:58 amAdult supervision. They hate that.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:58 amForTruth – Yea, adult supervision to those vampires is kinda like shining a light in their coffins.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:03 pm2 more years of smash and grab robbery by the richest and most corrupt people ever to have this nation.
Yay George.
Jeb thanks you for destroying his future. The Bush’s, three failed presidencies all in one.
-GSD
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:06 pmOf course they needed an “Executive Order” to pass a measure that NOBODY would support.
What a childish, “f*ck you, we do what we want” move.
IMPEACH.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:16 pmTHANK YOU, DEMS.
F*CK YOU, REPUBS.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:17 pmHey Dickhead: You’re doing one hellova a job (of lying, covering things up, outing CIA operatives and the like!)…Yeparoo! Dickie’s doing a bang up (whoops….”bang” would almost be too apropos since he shoots friends in the face these days!) job! ahahahaha! This is the biggest screwjob on the american public and congress than anything!
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:46 pmHow long will the american people allow themselves to be screwed by this band of gangsters?????
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:46 pmThis is just another big f-you from the a-hole in chief. Man, do I want to see this criminal squirming in front of a congressional committee.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:49 pmIt will be the “just desserts” of this administration to be brought before a criminal court in this country as well as a war crimes tribunal for violation of the Geneva conventions. Pop your popcorn now!
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:52 pmThe Senator to whom Cheney mouthed his famous “Go f*ck yourself!” to is going to be a committee chairman. I’m sure Patrick Leahey hasn’t forgotten Cheney’s lovely words. This could be fun.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:00 pmAny takers on Dickey taking the lead from Congress and putting his pay raise off? Hmm>?
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:01 pmCheney gets a raise.
He must have been looking at his secret stash of pictures of Abu Gharib. It’s the only thing that gets the ‘Ole Boy to stand at attention.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:03 pmImpeach now! (or in January when dems take control)
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:04 pmYou can see how much they make currently at this link.
http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/98-53.pdf
It was $162k last year.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:12 pmWhat a great deal: Work little, do less, and get a pay raise. This Congress must be the highest paid in US history, considering the amount of time they didn’t work.
I thought Republicans were against big government, “entitlement” programs (where people get money for nothing), and all for hard work to get ahead. Silly me.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:17 pm$162k !!! Quart of oil in barrel(s) of monkeys for Darth.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:18 pmJust for comparasion: NEA President Reg Weaver, who received a base salary of $272,170, plus allowances for benefits and living expenses of $98,258, for a total pay of $370,428.
Vice President of the National Education Association was in the high $200,000’s.
Looks like we are getting a bargain, when you consider Cheney gave up his multi-million dollar job as the Chief of Halliburton to serve his country. Thank you, Dick Cheney.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:24 pmPaul, I hate to break it to you, but Cheney’s still getting paid by Halliburton and he’s got options worth millions. Incidentally, and I’m sure, coincidentally, Cheney’s policies have made his stock options more valuable. The only people who have “gotten a bargain” are Cheney’s friends in the military industrial complex.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:39 pmW: “More money for the wealthy. Screw the hourly worker, they are irrelavent.”
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:40 pmGosh Paul I wish it were that cut and dry. Cheney gave up a job on paper, to take another job which would indirectly fortify his personal coffers. He owns stock in Halliburton. There’s surely a lot more. I didn’t mean to call you Shirley.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:40 pmPaul, do you think “serving his country” includes cooperating with congress? After all, congress is filled with the peoples’ representatives and congress does have a constitutionally mandated job to do. Are we entitled to ask Cheney questions or should we just thank him for his “service?”
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:43 pmThe Congress has the authority to spend this money, not the President. What the hell is going on here? Not that he thas userped Congressional power previously, but this act doesn’t involve so-called “national security”.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:51 pmPaul, Cheney has said that Americans shouldn’t be concerned with wiretapping if they are innocent anyway. Why shouldn’t Cheney answer questions about his secret energy meetings when Henry Waxman begins asking them next month. After all, if Cheney’s done nothing wrong….
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:52 pmGotta stuff those stockings cause Bush Cheney and the rest are escaping to Paraguay just prior to War Crimes Trials.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:58 pmLike usual Pres. Bush poops on the entire nation for Christmas > shame on him and he must resign or be impeached with Cheney!
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:03 pmPaul can say “Thank you, Dick Cheney!” but he can’t answer any questions regarding Dick Cheney. The bush cultist never must question his dear leaders.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:10 pmThe minimum wedge should be abolished. Not raised. If someone wants to make more than the minimum wedge then they get a job that pays more.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:14 pmDedicated to Dick Cheney:
Author: Dr. Seuss
You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
You really are a heel.
You’re as cuddly as a cactus,
You’re as charming as an eel.
Mr. Grinch.
You’re a bad banana
With a greasy black peel.
You’re a monster, Mr. Grinch.
Your heart’s an empty hole.
Your brain is full of spiders,
You’ve got garlic in your soul.
Mr. Grinch.
I wouldn’t touch you, with a
thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole.
You’re a vile one, Mr. Grinch.
You have termites in your smile.
You have all the tender sweetness
Of a seasick crocodile.
Mr. Grinch.
Given the choice between the two of you
I’d take the seasick crockodile.
You’re a foul one, Mr. Grinch.
You’re a nasty, wasty skunk.
Your heart is full of unwashed socks
Your soul is full of gunk.
Mr. Grinch.
The three words that best describe you,
are, and I quote: “Stink. Stank. Stunk.”
You’re a rotter, Mr. Grinch.
You’re the king of sinful sots.
Your heart’s a dead tomato splot
With moldy purple spots,
Mr. Grinch.
Your soul is an apalling dump heap overflowing
with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable
rubbish imaginable,
Mangled up in tangled up knots.
You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch.
With a nauseaus super-naus.
You’re a crooked jerky jockey
And you drive a crooked horse.
Mr. Grinch.
You’re a three decker saurkraut and toadstool
sandwich
With arsenic sauce.
Copyright © 1957, Dr. Seuss.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:16 pm#
The minimum wedge should be abolished. Not raised. If someone wants to make more than the minimum wedge then they get a job that pays more.
Comment by Kevin — December 22, 2006 @ 2:14 pm
#
Kevin, I would suggest reading up on the labor movement of the early part of the 20th century. then get back to me on the minimum wage idea.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:19 pmExactly why they should not raise the minimum wedge. Don’t get me wrong. Congress and The VP don’t need one ether.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:21 pmIf someone wants to make more than the minimum wedge then they get a job that pays more.
Comment by Kevin — December 22, 2006 @ 2:14 pm
The reason for the minimum wage is precisely that it is far easier to say “move on to a higher paying job” than actually doing it.
When the pool of potential employees is plentiful, employers can tacitly agree on what wages to pay, and the economy is not in the best of shapes, employers do not have anything to bargain with. They are at the mercy of whatever employers want to pay them. Abolishing the minimum wage would more than assure a race to the bottom.
And people making minimum wage do not do little. Unlike Congress, these people actually have to show up for work or be fired.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:30 pmKevin will never let the facts get in the way of a good argument. That’s probably why it’s silly of me to point out that the most recently accepted studies on this subject show that states with higher minimum wages have better economies than those with lower minimum wages. You see, for people like Kevin, politics is like religion — you have a dogma and you won’t let any factual argument get in the way of it. They’ll keep making the same discredited arguments as if they’ve heard nothing.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:40 pmHenry Ford, for all his faults, had a brilliant idea: pay your workers enough to buy the product you manufacture. If his factory workers couldn’t afford his automobiles, what was the point in making them. Minimum wage laws work from the same logic.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:47 pmWell, they’re going to work more days so at least they’ll deserve it more.
And hell, they might actually get something done.
But I laud the democrats for wanting a minimum-wage increase first. Thank you. THANK YOU.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:52 pmHenry Ford, for all his faults, had a brilliant idea: pay your workers enough to buy the product you manufacture. If his factory workers couldn’t afford his automobiles, what was the point in making them.
Comment by Bluedog49
Once again, Bluedog49 shows his wisdom. He is correct about ensuring the vast middle class has the means (income) to afford the basic products of industry. I’m not talking about spas and Porsche’s. I’m talking about the basics: Transportation, medical care, proper housing, education, etc…The economy works best when everybody can participate. We really don’t need a situation where 5-10% of the population is making 90-95% of the wealth. The middle class is fundamental to a robust democracy.
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:13 pmWhy is it that those who so object to the minimum wage based upon their free-market “principles” are also the ones who receive government subsidies and cry like babies when anyone threatens to take them away?
Want to take a stab at this one Kevin or is your duplicity too much for even you to bear?
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:24 pmTP finds the space to post a 2.2% pay raise for the vice president of the United States, but it can’t find the space to post this:
Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger was sentenced Thursday to community service and probation and fined $50,000 for illegally removing highly classified documents from the National Archives and intentionally destroying some of them.
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:29 pmWhile we are sharing our outrage about suspected corruption in the Bush Administration, maybe the reasonable progs here will save a little for Berger and the Clinton administration.
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:32 pmTP finds the space to post a 2.2% pay raise for the vice president of the United States, but it can’t find the space to post this:
Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger was sentenced Thursday to community service and probation and fined $50,000 for illegally removing highly classified documents from the National Archives and intentionally destroying some of them.
Comment by paul
That’s probably because the topic of this thread is Darth Cheneys raise. Does that make sense?
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:33 pmmaybe the reasonable progs here will save a little for Berger and the Clinton administration.
Comment by paul — December 22, 2006 @ 3:32 pm
Go read anything by Noam Chomsky. He’s not a Clinton fan. Howard Zinn also.. Not all liberals worship Clinton. But he was 100x better on his worst day than Junior the drooling hand puppet was on his best day.
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:43 pmPaul,
That news piece you pasted must be from a year ago, which is when Berger plead guilty and was fined. Also, no originals were found to be missing. Get up to speed already. The only new development I’ve heard on that story is that it was discovered where Berger hid the documents in question.
Second, this is a thread about Pres Bush signing an executive order to increase pay in Congress. Do you have anything to say about that?
Finally, Clinton hasn’t been president in over six years. Wouldn’t it be time for you to let go, and get over it? Without being a Clinton fan, he didn’t invade another country, and didn’t let the deficit get out of control.
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:47 pmMembers of Congress, the vice president and most senior federal officials will get a 1.7 percent pay increase, as will federal administrative law judges.
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:51 pmThat such a move would even be considered is appalling.
Cheney himself should be served an indictment, not a raise in pay.
The “do-nothing” congress should have their pay docked for the time not worked.
Is Rice getting a raise too? Is she paid by the month or by the lie?
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:56 pmShe said today that the 2970 dead in Iraq are worth it.
Gregor – Damn Hoover, anyhoo…
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:04 pm#50: While we are sharing our outrage about suspected corruption in the Bush Administration, maybe the reasonable progs here will save a little for Berger and the Clinton administration.
Outrage isn’t necessary in Berger’s case because he has been tried, found guilty, and sentenced appropriately for his actions. The problem, of course, is that those responsible for corruption in the Bush administration have not been held accountable.
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:19 pmYeah, $162,000 is the over-the-table salary.
These powerful folks are offering NO BID governmental contracts to their friends. Does one offer these lucrative, handsome contracts and not expect something in return? Sure, the RNC is a benefactor but the money chain doesn’t stop there.
Cheney’s $162,000 salary is just pocket change. His net worth is reported to be a little under $100,000,000.
Mary is pregnant, so the salary increase will buy a few diapers. I’m sure Gramps is supporting Mary and Heather Poe. I guess Heather is a former park ranger, and Mary has worked for Coors and the Republican Party.
I assume one must have more than a BEER INCOME ( Coors) to live in Great Falls. In addition, most park rangers’ salaries won’t buy an expensive house in Great Falls. Great Falls is a very, very, very, very upscale community.
John
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:29 pmMarie, I think condom rice get’s paid for piece work…..LOL…Blessings
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:30 pmI guess I was trying to make the point that the story is a little thin. A 2.2% pay raise on $162,000 is only a story in that most people probably didn’t realize the vice president makes so little in light of his responsibilities. The berger reference is in response to those that lament a suspected corruption on the part of the vice president and offer only silence in response to actual liberal wrongdoing. Okay. Berger has been tried, found guilty, and sentenced appropriately for his actions. He was fined $50,000 and sentenced to community service? Image if Rice had been caught intentionally destroying highly classified documents from the national archives. The story would still be dominating the mainstream media (and TP) to this day (and beyond). And there would be little interest in a 2.2% pay raise for the vice president.
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:45 pmSharon, in light of your referring to the Secretary of State as ‘condom rice’, It is appropriate to point out, that, if it hasn’t been used already, your monikor would make for an ideal gay porn movie title and/or stage name for a gay porn star. What do you think?
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:53 pmThanks, Tom!
Paul, what is the point of trying to insist that a given blog discuss any given subject. Shall we go over to Little Green Footballs and ask them why they never mentioned the male whore visiting the whitehouse? Why doesn’t Johah Goldberg have a long discussion about the repub official in Florida arrested for child pornography last week? If you’ve got a cogent argument on a subject being discussed around here, great.
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:53 pmTo a guy like Paul the story “is a little thin.” Cheney, who already makes $162,000 a year and is arguably not living up to his oath to protect the constitution, is getting a raise. The vast majority of working people in the U.S. have seen stagnant or falling wages. Paul doesn’t see a story here.
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:56 pmthe weak and stupid will always be ate by the educated and republican. a large % of the weak and stupid would’t have it any other way. thus, G. BUSH!
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:59 pmCheney’s economic policies have taken record surpluses left for his administration and turned them into record debt. His policies have led to the worst foreign policy blunder in our nation’s history. He has shown little respect for the constitution he took an oath to protect. AND HE’S GETTING A RAISE!! Paul doesn’t see a story here.
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:00 pmBluedog49 and Tom. I understand what you are saying. The Berger reference is in response to posts like 34 and accusations about Bush administration corruption that never seem to be substantiated. I do agree with the Little Green Footballs comparasion.
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:02 pmPaul is like a pesky mosquito here at TP. He brings up year old news like it is fresh because he can’t deal with the rotten news concerning the administration. Ignore him. The more you swat at him the more he will annoy you.
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:14 pmAsk youself this question. Everyone else here had the ability to pull the vice president’s salary off the internet in about a minute. If the information is so available, why didn’t TP include it in the post. Answer: They don’t really believe that $162,000 is a lot of money to pay someone with the responsibilities of the vice president and they figured that information makes the raise look reasonable. Any other plausible explanations?
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:14 pmMarie. If we ignore paul and trolls like him, isn’t it just as an admission that his ideas are valid and threaten us?
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:17 pm#65 – Paul. I have no idea why Berger did what he did, but fortunately he was caught and convicted (with sorta a light sentence, if you ask me). And frankly, I constantly get amazed at why certain stories populate the airwaves and why others go under reported. Anyway, right now raises for this administration is the story, and that is what gets talked about. If Cheney were a true patriot, he would donate his salary to a charity because Lord knows he doesn’t need the money (maybe he does, but I doubt it). That also goes for a number of millionaires serving in congress. I remember Mr Reagan getting ’slammed’ for his taking social security when he was getting payments relating to his holding state (CA) and federal office as well as his pension from the actors guild. I won’t judge anybody on this topic, because I don’t know that I would ‘give up’ money that was due me (even if I didn’t need it). That’s a tough call.
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:23 pm#60, paul….Look’s like you know way more about porn and gay porn than I do….I don’t have a clue, but you do…LOL
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:23 pm#68 Sue – Yeah, that really is a condomundrum, isn’t it. If we reply we’re feeding, if we ignore, we’re tacitly agreeing.
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:29 pmScrewed either way…
If the information is so available, why didn’t TP include it in the post.
Comment by paul — December 22, 2006 @ 5:14 pm
They didn’t include the pay of any of the members of Congress either, or any federal worker for that matter. Why?
Answer: The pay is besides the point. The point is that Pres Bush is giving them a pay raise while Congress is neglecting the people who need it the most, i.e., those who are on minimum salary.
Did you follow the link? You will find that the original article didn’t mention it. Did you google it? Many of the articles don’t mention it either.
What is your point?
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:30 pmPauli, aren’t you just the least little bit curious about that energy “task force” that Dickey had the first couple of months in office??
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:31 pmJust a little bit, huh?? There’s a stale story for you, let’s drag it up and air it out.
Why won’t Cheney release the detailed notes (and map of the middle east) that were the topics of discussion???
Tom. reasonable post. Sharon. I’m just jealous because I don’t have a more interesting moniker. Good crowd. Gotta Go. Peace and Love.
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:34 pmImage if Rice had been caught intentionally destroying highly classified documents from the national archives. The story would still be dominating the mainstream media (and TP) to this day (and beyond).
Kevin Kevin Kevin,
Don’t you understand the workings of the Bushco regime by now? It Sec of Shoes Rice did the same thing, she would be sporting the Medal iof Freedom from DUbya and getting a XMAS goose from Darth Cheney!
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:53 pmI don’t agree that Paul is a “troll.” To me, a troll is someone who is really not interested in arguing a point or listening to an opinion. A troll is here to confront and disrupt. Paul seems reasonable to me even though I probably don’t agree with him on much.
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:53 pmI don’t agree that Paul is a “troll.†To me, a troll is someone who is really not interested in arguing a point or listening to an opinion.
Comment by Bluedog49
I agree. Anytime we can share and ‘debate’ events in a thoughtful and civil way, we all benefit. Even folks whose opinions don’t match mine usually have something useful to say. I learn from the process.
December 22nd, 2006 at 6:00 pm#77
Tom, I agree with that statement compeltely. It is often the true trolls who fire a ridiculous message and then either disappear or have no information to back it up.
December 22nd, 2006 at 6:08 pm#59: Image if Rice had been caught intentionally destroying highly classified documents from the national archives. The story would still be dominating the mainstream media (and TP) to this day (and beyond).
I’m trying to imagine Rice getting caught. First, I’m a little skeptical of your assumption that the mainstream media would be as interested in the story as you suggest it would. Second, it would be a bigger story than the Berger story, since Rice is the sitting Secretary of State. Berger, presumably, was trying to cover his own ass years after the fact, while Rice still has the ability to make policy.
In any case, I do agree with Tom (and Paul): Berger’s sentence does seem pretty light to me. I don’t know what was in those documents, but anyone caught stealing and destroying classified documents ought to receive a stiffer sentence than Berger did. It’s a pretty weird story, if you ask me.
And yes, I think the relevant part of the Cheney story is not that he makes “only” 162,000 a year (12 times what I make for working 75 hours a week), but that Bush thinks he deserves a cost-of-living pay raise, while he doesn’t think minimum-wage workers should get more than $5.15 an hour.
December 22nd, 2006 at 6:58 pmThe minimum wedge should be abolished. Not raised. If someone wants to make more than the minimum wedge then they get a job that pays more.
Thanks, Kevin, for proving that righties want a Feudalistic Society.
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:10 pmI guess I was trying to make the point that the story is a little thin. A 2.2% pay raise on $162,000 is only a story in that most people probably didn’t realize the vice president makes so little in light of his responsibilities.
Where to start? A raise for Cheney and not one for those who actually make this country run is a sick Republican joke. The second part? What responsiblities does the VP have??? Sitting around masturbating? (if he is young enough). I do more work than him in a day than he does in a year.
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:14 pm#79 How about that they feel they should have a cost of living adjustment while those who struggle to survive shouldn’t.
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:44 pm#82: Exactly my point.
December 22nd, 2006 at 10:04 pmYea, ol’ Darth is a real bargain – He has cost us 3,000 dead troops, over 20,000 wounded, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi dead, a cool half trillion dollars, all for a measly $162,000?
Looks like a bargain to me!
December 22nd, 2006 at 10:15 pmI concur about the ridiculousness of passing a raise for congress while delaying increasing minimum wage. This further goes to show the politician’s disdain for the average workers. Do you not think that most people who are stuck in dead-end, minimum wage jobs would leap at the chance to earn more if they could? Is it fun to wear a paper hat to work and come home smelling like grease after working a 14-hour day, just to feed the kids and keep a roof over their heads? Yeah, screw working Americans. What have they done for me lately? Hmm. I think I’ll run down to Walmart and pick up a few cheap odds and sods. There had better not be a long line, or the cashier will really hear about it!
December 22nd, 2006 at 10:41 pmmmm…
ruling class = dirty business, tax cuts and wage raising.
normal people = hard work and less earnings.
Yeah, capitalism is a great idea. But, hey, go shopping.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:23 pmGeneral Billy “Gunny” Gunnison, you are Mr. Henky.
December 23rd, 2006 at 1:31 amWho says the president is not taking full responsibility for the fiasco/catastrophuck in Iraq. I knew Bush would find a way to outdo his ‘heckuva job’ to Brownie after Katrina.
December 23rd, 2006 at 5:51 amFunny you say ‘go shopping’. This entire world has been made possible by people who so eagerly need to sell stuff to people. What’s worse is that the people don’t even realize they don’t need the stuff.
December 23rd, 2006 at 5:54 amIf someone wants to make more than the minimum wedge then they get a job that pays more.
Comment by Kevin — December 22, 2006 @ 2:14 pm
Let’s start now Kevin. Here’s $6.15. Blowme for 1 hour!
December 23rd, 2006 at 6:18 amCheney deserves a raise, the type you get with a rope around your neck and tied to a tree….
December 23rd, 2006 at 8:49 am