Orange Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 14 hours ago, Jalapeno said: Very good points there. Washington DC is an expensive city to live in. Remember AOC's issues when she started on the job? The funny thing is that those people can vote on their pay raises but they do the popular thing by declining those raises and making themselves more susceptible to bribery. Gee, where have we seen that pandering bullshit? https://apnews.com/0ad1e8be56e040b4ab0e85c3d13c3358 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 15 hours ago, Mano said: I would wager the vast majority could pull down more than $175k in the private sector. If someone is in congress for the money, it isn't the money they draw from their salary. Plenty of local politicians in some states are prohibited from working in certain areas of the private sector for a given period of time after serving. It's common in other countries, too. Naturally, here there's not law, because too many people are getting rich off of an implicit job offer to, say, an SEC investigator, after they refuse to hold bad actors accountable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRBuff Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 They refuse pay increases for two reasons. 1) they don’t really need the money and 2) it looks great politically. They can spend away on whatever they look and say “but look, I didn’t take a raise!”. And people cheer. Mano is right, they get rich after serving. (Generally speaking of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 24 minutes ago, CRBuff said: They refuse pay increases for two reasons. 1) they don’t really need the money and 2) it looks great politically. They can spend away on whatever they look and say “but look, I didn’t take a raise!”. And people cheer. Mano is right, they get rich after serving. (Generally speaking of course) I don't have a problem, necessarily, with politicians being paid big money for books, or speaking engagements, but the real issue is politicians going to work for businesses with a huge lobbying presence in DC, or the various state capitals. That's paying for access, not talent. That's why people bitching about Obama's net worth are so wrongheaded. He's made big money through international speaking engagements (the words of which are documented), and probably one of the biggest signing bonuses a human has ever received for his presidential memoir. That is paying someone for their talent. It's not a good look for a guy who often preaches about the haves and have-nots, but it's far different than Obama being paid as a K-Street lobbyist for coal or the defense industry. Halliburton paid $34M to Dick Cheney to be VP. THAT should incense everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRBuff Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 I don’t disagree. If people want to read about Obama’s time in office fantastic, and he should be paid for it. Many have a lot of money, so what. Why was it news Bernie was worth some money? Good for him. and they will never stop lobbyists as it is the parachute many use when their time in office is over.....can’t cut off their own funding. You know, vote for what’s right and all. we are just so far gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, CRBuff said: I don’t disagree. If people want to read about Obama’s time in office fantastic, and he should be paid for it. Many have a lot of money, so what. Why was it news Bernie was worth some money? Good for him. and they will never stop lobbyists as it is the parachute many use when their time in office is over.....can’t cut off their own funding. You know, vote for what’s right and all. we are just so far gone. Bernie wrote 4 best-selling books since 2016. And he's worth a whopping $2.5M, which Fox News loves to scream about. Meanwhile, Michael McCaul, a Republican from TX is worth some $300M because he married into a Clear Channel CEO family. The dude wasn't even smart enough to make his own ++++ing money and leaches off his wife. Does Fox News do an investigation? Nah. They need that Clear Channel endorsement! Tell me, who's a bigger threat to choose their bottom line over public policy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRBuff Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 9 minutes ago, Orange said: Bernie wrote 4 best-selling books since 2016. And he's worth a whopping $2.5M, which Fox News loves to scream about. Meanwhile, Michael McCaul, a Republican from TX is worth some $300M because he married into a Clear Channel CEO family. The dude wasn't even smart enough to make his own ++++ing money and leaches off his wife. Does Fox News do an investigation? Nah. They need that Clear Channel endorsement! Tell me, who's a bigger threat to choose their bottom line over public policy? Truthfully we don’t know....there are some of the really wealthy that do support increasing taxes. That said, I get the general point. the Fox News investigation was dumb, and I’d say the same for much of what passes for news these days. Partisan hacks is all they are. Shouldn’t conservatives cheer that he’s made some money (not really that much) in our system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Orange Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Seriously, HOW MUCH? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaG Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Dow reaches record high this morning. Thanks for the Hawaii trip next week, President Trump! The market is a long play... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxbusiness.com/markets/dow-gains-10000th-point-since-trumps-election.amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 52 minutes ago, PapaG said: Dow reaches record high this morning. Thanks for the Hawaii trip next week, President Trump! The market is a long play... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxbusiness.com/markets/dow-gains-10000th-point-since-trumps-election.amp Spoken like a true capitalist in 1929. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysfit Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Boeing shutting down production is going to ripple down the entire supply chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Orange Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Yeah, the fed keeps cutting rates like it's a recession, but there's no reason to have concerns over the economy. Okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaG Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 On 12/20/2019 at 2:13 PM, Orange said: Yeah, the fed keeps cutting rates like it's a recession, but there's no reason to have concerns over the economy. Okay. This is classic from an Obama supporter considering the multiple QEs and lowest interest rates in history the Fed used to carry Obama and his limp economy across the finish line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaG Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Terrible news for globalist Democrats and RINOs. Keep rooting for the away team. U.S. trade deficit sinks 8% to 3-year low of $43.1 billion in November amid China trade war U.S. on verge of first annual decline in trade deficit since 2013 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-trade-deficit-sinks-82-to-3-year-low-in-november-amid-china-trade-war-2020-01-07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quack 12 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Big picture: For the first two months of the fiscal year, the budget deficit is 12% wider compared to the same period a year ago. The shortfall is expected to exceed $1 trillion each year over the coming decade, according to an August analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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