Democrats: No Pay For Lawmakers If U.S. Defaults
Raise the debt ceiling or don't get paid.
That's essentially what Senate Democrats are saying in the latest act of political theater surrounding the nation's debt ceiling.
Sens. Barbara Boxer and Bob Casey sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Tuesday, urging him to include lawmaker compensation in the list of things he will have to stop paying if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling by Aug. 2.
"There is no reason that members of Congress and the president should be free from the pain that would be felt by our nation if the government were to default on its obligations," the letter states. "If we cannot do our jobs and protect the full faith and credit of the United States, we should not get paid."
The federal government officially hit its spending limit earlier this month, and while Congress has routinely raised the debt ceiling in the past, this time it won't come without a struggle. –Read more at CNN Money
Good! Our lawmakers are so not worthy of the salaries they pay themselves. Maybe if we stop paying them things will change in Washington, even get rid of those who ain’t worth a damn. It’s time for drastic changes and it has to begin with our representatives who are so out touch with the American people.
Raise the debt ceiling or don't get paid.
That's essentially what Senate Democrats are saying in the latest act of political theater surrounding the nation's debt ceiling.
Sens. Barbara Boxer and Bob Casey sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Tuesday, urging him to include lawmaker compensation in the list of things he will have to stop paying if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling by Aug. 2.
"There is no reason that members of Congress and the president should be free from the pain that would be felt by our nation if the government were to default on its obligations," the letter states. "If we cannot do our jobs and protect the full faith and credit of the United States, we should not get paid."
The federal government officially hit its spending limit earlier this month, and while Congress has routinely raised the debt ceiling in the past, this time it won't come without a struggle. –Read more at CNN Money
Good! Our lawmakers are so not worthy of the salaries they pay themselves. Maybe if we stop paying them things will change in Washington, even get rid of those who ain’t worth a damn. It’s time for drastic changes and it has to begin with our representatives who are so out touch with the American people.
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