Chimp gives Cheney, Rehnquist, Hastert, others a PAY raise.

Sparkly

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:32 AM
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Chimp gives Cheney, Rehnquist, Hastert, others a PAY raise.

Sacrifice? What's that?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=693&e=1&u=/ap/20041231/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_pay_raises

The 2.5 percent pay hike also applies to the vice president � who is president of the Senate � congressional leaders and Supreme Court justices.

Cheney, House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Chief Justice William Rehnquist (news - web sites) will go from $203,000 to $208,100. Associate justices move from $194,300 to $199,200 and House and Senate party leaders go up from $175,700 to $180,100.

But that doesn't take into account the perks from the oil war.

(Oh, some Democrats and low-level fed employees got to not sacrifice, too -- if they could have prevented that, no doubt they would have.)

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latteromden

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:33 AM
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1. Can I smack him now? Americans (including myself) can't pay for GROCERIES,

and he gives all his buddies a fucking raise? Working for the middle class. Right. Exactly.

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:38 AM
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2. If they don't share the pain, they won't be as motivated to help

us.

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Sparkly

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:45 AM
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4. That's right

What the Republican Congress asks, Chimp grants; what Chimp asks, the Republican Congress grants.

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tritsofme

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Fri Dec-31-04 04:57 AM
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7. Its my understanding that Congress grants the pay raise to all federal

employees and the President determines how it is distributed.

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Fri Dec-31-04 04:07 AM
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5. You'd think their tax cuts would be sufficient, the swines.

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Fri Dec-31-04 04:20 AM
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6. AP Forgot to use spellcheck: "nilitary personnel"

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