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Old 03-27-2010, 05:33 PM   #1
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For those who show up everyday and want to make 6 figures. Looks like Washington pays better, again!

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Nearly 2,000 House of Representatives staffers pulled down six-figure salaries in 2009, including 43 staffers who earned the maximum $172,500 — or more than three times the median U.S. household income.


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Old 03-28-2010, 04:37 AM   #2
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FM, it is much worse than 99 percent of US citizens think. Every congressman has a chief of staff who makes around $150,000 per year- for what? Members of congress complain that they do not know what is in a bill. All a congressman/woman has to do is order his/her bloated and overpaid staff sit down and read the damn thing.

Congress has a staff of 24,000 people at their beck and call. There are 45 staffers for every member of congress. The personal staff is 11,692: This comes to over 22 per congress criminal. Yep, the cost is 4.5 billion dollars per year. Then the scumbags complain about the size of government.

i wanna puke.

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Well, to date, the size of congressional staff is approx. 24,000 Members in size.
  • Personal Staff- who work for individual Members of Congress--11,692
  • Committee Staff- who work for either the majority or minority on congressional committees--2,492
  • Leadership Staff- who work for the Speaker, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Majority Whip or Minority Whip--274
  • Institutional Staff- majority or minority party floor staff, and non-partisan staff: police, legislative clerks, building, janitorial--5034
  • Support Agency non-partisan Staff- Congressional Research Service [747], Congressional Budget Office [232], and General Accounting Office [3,500].

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Old 03-28-2010, 04:48 AM   #3
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and you wonder why none of them read the Obamacare Bill. They did not have to, it was done for them and sanitized by their staff for the public.
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Old 03-28-2010, 04:58 AM   #4
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At 6 figures, I'm in the wrong line of work.
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Old 03-28-2010, 06:44 AM   #5
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At 6 figures, I'm in the wrong line of work.
I agree,
6 figures to LIE,SLING BS,BLAME EVERYTHING ON SOMEONE ELES,SCREW AROUND ON YOUR WIFE,AND GET AWAY WITHOUT PAYING YOUR TAXES!!
No wonder the bums want to spend there whole life in office!
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Old 03-28-2010, 09:05 AM   #6
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[quote]Congress has a staff of 24,000 people at their beck and call. There are 45 staffers for every member of congress. The personal staff is 11,692: This comes to over 22 per congress criminal. Yep, the cost is 4.5 billion dollars per year. Then the scumbags complain about the size of government.

i wanna puke.[ /QUOTE]
Wow that is a lot of staff/ public servents for the public servants!

Makes me want to puke to.

No wonder they feel so much like royality.
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Old 03-28-2010, 09:10 AM   #7
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Doesn't help they are treated as such (like royalty) by their underlings as they travel around.
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Old 03-28-2010, 10:17 AM   #8
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You guys will love this.

http://hubpages.com/hub/How-Much-Do-Congressmen-Make
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Old 03-28-2010, 02:18 PM   #9
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At 6 figures, I'm in the wrong line of work.
You and I are in the same boat, neither one of us could pass the background check or kiss enough *ss to get elected!
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