tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post115043446466772101..comments2023-12-03T02:23:12.272-06:00Comments on BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com: Congress Gives Itself Another Pay Hike While Refusing To Increase Minimum WageMarc McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17105754072842852126noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post-77284831236780395932016-06-19T00:25:48.930-05:002016-06-19T00:25:48.930-05:00Hi Gilbert, right on. I agree.Hi Gilbert, right on. I agree.Marc McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105754072842852126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post-50080813249682180952016-05-21T03:11:46.836-05:002016-05-21T03:11:46.836-05:00The only way to get ride of these leeches is to ba...The only way to get ride of these leeches is to band together and strike. leave your jobs, stop the presses, and demand congress to take responsibility or get out.. have them roll back on that pay hike. if every body stop all work for two days in every state, the cry of this nation will be heard all over the world.. you will get Action, congress needs a boss and that is we. let's do this now.Gilbert Riosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post-15033256983853911772008-10-05T20:19:00.000-05:002008-10-05T20:19:00.000-05:00Congress is in need of a public flogging. We know...Congress is in need of a public flogging. We know they have no shame and they continue to insult the intelligence of average American every single day. Everyone needs to take at least 30 minutes a week to see what their members are doing http://thomas.loc.gov is the best site. Then call or email them (snail mail has to be "processed first so it takes too long) and tell them what you think. Every one of them that is up for re-election needs to be thrown out; especially after the "raise" they just gave themselves in the "rescue"? billAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post-1153543185467910502006-07-21T23:39:00.000-05:002006-07-21T23:39:00.000-05:00Hey Marc, what is your annual income? What was yo...Hey Marc, what is your annual income? What was your gross last year and what percentage of it did you pay as taxes?<BR/><BR/>Since you are so willing to speak out on how the 'rich' don't pay taxes, the poor are getting refused their 'fair' share of wealth and whatever, let's hear what it is YOU are pulling down a year and actually pocketing.<BR/><BR/>How much of your pay do you give to charity? Did you put forth money to help the Hurricane Katrina victims or was it all 'social work' by means of media coverage?<BR/><BR/>How about it man? You gonna share with your info with your audience?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post-1152539933075985932006-07-10T08:58:00.000-05:002006-07-10T08:58:00.000-05:00While there is no love lost between me and elected...While there is no love lost between me and elected officials over the generous compensation that they give themselves, <A HREF="http://blog.netesq.com/2006/06/problem-with-minimum-wage-laws.html" REL="nofollow">expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit</A> would be a much more effective and equitable way of helping the working poor than raising the minimum wage.Internet Esquirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906270845603403770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post-1150568119471289952006-06-17T13:15:00.000-05:002006-06-17T13:15:00.000-05:00http://www.beggarscanbechoosers.com/2006/04/as-bus...http://www.beggarscanbechoosers.com/2006/04/as-bush-gears-up-for-war-with-iran.html<BR/><BR/>Fictious quotes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post-1150531152285505662006-06-17T02:59:00.000-05:002006-06-17T02:59:00.000-05:00With the price of gasoline over $3 per gallon, how...With the price of gasoline over $3 per gallon, how long will it be before minimum wage workers won't be paid enough to even get back and forth to work. <BR/><BR/>As consumers, the price of everything we buy that has to be transported from point A to point B, has to increase. When I go to the grocery store and see items like tomatoes priced at nearly $4 a pound, and other items priced similarly, I wonder how people who are even earning a little above minimum wage are staying alive. In my area, $8 an hour is considered a good salary, and even in families with both parents working, life is getting grim.<BR/><BR/>Congress should be ashamed. Their greed and selfishness is horrifying, and it becomes more and more apparent that they are not representing the people who voted them into office. They are sucking up to Corporate America and hoping the peons won't notice. <BR/><BR/>The American Dream is in desperate need of life support.Cranky Dazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433232531868316286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post-1150478238348091262006-06-16T12:17:00.000-05:002006-06-16T12:17:00.000-05:00Let's not forget WE pay for the FREE HEALTH CARE t...Let's not forget WE pay for the FREE HEALTH CARE that these bastards get.<BR/>I don't think the Congress will "get it" until the poor people (growing daily by members of the middle class slipping into poverty) storm the gates and dethrone them. WE NEED CHANGEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11753985.post-1150444178826325842006-06-16T02:49:00.000-05:002006-06-16T02:49:00.000-05:00Congress members' salary of $168,500 actually unde...Congress members' salary of $168,500 actually understates their true compensation. For a start, lawmakers have hugely generous pension packages that are far more generous than anything that exists in the private sector.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com