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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Little Joe who wrote (132753)	3/21/2001 10:26:23 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I've got a better idea. <<Congressional session to three months--in the summer. >> Let's elect Congress, but require members to stay out of Washington DC for their entire terms. That way they can't vote to spend any more of our money. Take their computers away too, just to make sure.

To: Little Joe who wrote (132753)	3/21/2001 10:28:04 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The truth behind that amusing remark is that being a Congressman or Senator is a dog-gone cushy job. The best job 95% of 'em ever had and the only way most of them could find in this world that would allow them to live this high on the hog. It is so juicy, once someone gets a taste of it, they never voluntarily give it up. And as if it weren't already the plumpest job in the country, they are about to make it even better for themselves: Just two months after accepting a raise to an exorbitant $145,100 a year, House representatives are working behind the scenes to enact a "per diem" expense allowance of $165 per working day. With about 151 legislative days per year, the raise would amount to a $25,000-a-year, tax-exempt pay hike. lp.org