A large percentage of Canada’s national debt is the payments for the trans continental railroad from the late 1800’s…
Senate approves pay increase for itself
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I think the most appropriate thing to say to this article is: ummm…what the hell are they thinking?
Fifth straight year!? They making this a f*cking tradition or something?? Come on, a cost of living increase when you make $150,000 is the biggest load of crock.
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Me mum will get a 2.1% increase in her Social Security checks for 2004.
Maybe they are confused.Do you know how much it costs to live around Washington, D. C.!??!
A buck’n a half don’t go as far as it usta.Check how your US Representative voted
on his raise before you reeelect him/her!!Sorry, you got a coupla extra views outa me b4 my post…
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It seems to me that it’s not necessarily the best idea to let people decide their own salaries.
Do you know how much it costs to live around Washington, D. C.!??!
A buck’n a half don’t go as far as it usta.I believe the Congressmen also have subsidies for living, food, and other basic expenses. Not to mention the “other” ways they have of making money.
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Wait a second. Most of the senators in Congress are millionaries anyways, what would they need with a pay-increase?
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I completely agree.]]
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@Grigoriy:
I believe the Congressmen also have subsidies for living, food, and other basic expenses. Not to mention the “other” ways they have of making money.
Pulling “tricks!”
:oops:
Those ‘whores!’
:lol:Howzabout we make them pay us so they may be servants of the peeps??
Anyway, I think it was the Reps who got the raise mentioned. I don’t know what the Sins are earning.
But remember, even a rich guy needs to earn a living.
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@El:
@Grigoriy:
Howzabout we make them pay us so they may be servants of the peeps??
Good idea. I get 50 percent, plus a commission of 10 percent on future earnings. :P
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