Recess

The senate had to hurry up and pass the debt ceiling bill on Monday because if not they would have had to work into their scheduled recess. That started me thinking about how much they were paid, and how much they actually worked. I decided to google it an find out. What I learned is interesting.

First. There doesn't seem to be an actual website that lists what they get paid. You can find the salaries, but not the benefits, then you can find the retirement pay, but not everything put together. My figures might not be accurate because they really don't admit how much they actually get paid. Basically the base salary earned is $174,000.00 per year. and every year they automatically get a cost of living increase unless they vote to stop it.

Second. The house has 10 weeks of scheduled recess and the senate has 13 weeks of schedule recess.

Third. There are no attendance rule for our elected officials.

People I am telling you they is now F*****g way we are getting our moneys worth. There are industries all across this country where people are working 80 hours a week and only getting two weeks vacation and they aren't getting paid $175,000.00 a year.

We do not have time to wait until the next election and vote in or out a new administration. We need to get active now and make our voices heard. If we don't take back our government we are going to let them destroy the way of life that we have become so comfortable with and worked so hard to preserve.