That's right. Between trips to exotic countries, and trips "back home", and vacations, and recesses, it's a wonder anything ever gets done in Washington.
Oh, yeah. That's right. Seldom is anything done that affects us, those who hired these clowns, in a positive way.
Given there are 2080 work hours in a year (40 hours per week times 52), you would think that our hired help would work AT LEAST that many hours each year. Right?
Wrong-o! Big time wrong.
Guy calling himself Uncle Jay has checked it out, and explains congressional employment so even I can follow understand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsWlkcsI5Ko
Ok, so by a rough count, IF they actually show up for all sessions, every day, they will have worked about 80 days. IF they work 8 hours each day, they will have worked something like 640 hours in any given year. Of course, they're paid for a lot more than that. And, they argue that they must appear in their home districts. Yeah, to hand out checks to volunteer fire departments and such. Hard work. Oh,but that's not exactly work. That's called campaign strategy.
When we're about six months away from a congressional election, notice how often your congressman shows up to pose for a grip and grin photo as he hands out tax dollars that first went to Washington, got caught up in some sort of money eating machines, and finally returned to the district. Well, maybe a small percentage of it actually comes home. A huge chunk of it is used to fly your congressman all over the world, and back home as often as he likes, while he's maintaining a second home in the nation's capital. Oh, yeah. Don't forget his/her staffs. Those in Washington and those in their districts.
Think about this while you're slaving away for a whole lot less than $174,000 working three times as many hours, and without paid junkets to Paris, Honolulu, the Caribbean, or wherever.
Thaink about it. Polls open at 6:30 am in November 2012.
Time for a change? You'd better believe it. But, this time I want one that will put new faces in Washington. From stem to stern.
Oh, yeah. That's right. Seldom is anything done that affects us, those who hired these clowns, in a positive way.
Given there are 2080 work hours in a year (40 hours per week times 52), you would think that our hired help would work AT LEAST that many hours each year. Right?
Wrong-o! Big time wrong.
Guy calling himself Uncle Jay has checked it out, and explains congressional employment so even I can follow understand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsWlkcsI5Ko
Ok, so by a rough count, IF they actually show up for all sessions, every day, they will have worked about 80 days. IF they work 8 hours each day, they will have worked something like 640 hours in any given year. Of course, they're paid for a lot more than that. And, they argue that they must appear in their home districts. Yeah, to hand out checks to volunteer fire departments and such. Hard work. Oh,but that's not exactly work. That's called campaign strategy.
When we're about six months away from a congressional election, notice how often your congressman shows up to pose for a grip and grin photo as he hands out tax dollars that first went to Washington, got caught up in some sort of money eating machines, and finally returned to the district. Well, maybe a small percentage of it actually comes home. A huge chunk of it is used to fly your congressman all over the world, and back home as often as he likes, while he's maintaining a second home in the nation's capital. Oh, yeah. Don't forget his/her staffs. Those in Washington and those in their districts.
Think about this while you're slaving away for a whole lot less than $174,000 working three times as many hours, and without paid junkets to Paris, Honolulu, the Caribbean, or wherever.
Thaink about it. Polls open at 6:30 am in November 2012.
Time for a change? You'd better believe it. But, this time I want one that will put new faces in Washington. From stem to stern.
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