Lawmakers deserve per diem, says retiring Dem

Lawmakers deserve per diem, says retiring Dem. “There are too many members living and sleeping in their offices and it’s wrong. They can’t afford to live here and it’s wrong.” Yeah, they’re soooo underpaid, wonder how so many end their careers wealthy…

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  • Like hell they do. They deserve to work for a damn living and be part time legislature as was the intention of the founders of this country. Moron is just another fine example of a DAMN TAKER and not a maker. Hope he loses everything in retirement, low life bastard.

  • Most of these greedy taxpayer funded wankers are multimillionaires, and they still scream for more. Hell, I bet the cheap pricks even signed up for food stamps.

  • OH yeah, I've also heard that givingthem more will make them less susceptible to bribery and corruption. Yeah, effin right.

    • That's because the flag officers make a shit ton of money. They forget what it was like to try to live on $400 a month.

  • Yet another example of how clueless these priviledged pukes are. With all the cash they pocket in Washingmoney they should pay to have the job. They would still all become multi multi multi millionaires over and over and over.

  • I am sure we could arrange sleeping quarters with a large guy named Bubba at a federal correctional institution if they are that hard up. If anything, they need to work for less, a lot less, and buy their own damn car to drive to work, pay for their own gas, and all the other things normal people have to do, Oh yea and sign up for Obamadeathcare.

  • my heart aches for them, how is it possible to live on just $174,000 plus a year, of course we are not accounting for the kick backs, the undisclosed perks, the underhanded deals with special interest groups or the influence pedaling. I totally agree with J. Redfield 10-20 in Leavenworth is what they deserve!

    • Yeah, like we're not already getting the "highest quality" crooks and morons for the money they're paying themselves? You mean there's more stupidity and self-serving idiocy to be had for a higher price? Sign me up for that.

      I say, if you don't like the salary, go find a real fucking job.

      • Seriously? Most of these people have offices that I would love to live in! Is there anything they don't get that they deserve besides a jail cell?