By Jueseppi B.

 

 

 

 

Here’s an idea….until this sequestration mess is resolved, members of BOTH Houses of Congress should NOT be paid a salary that comes from the pockets of tax paying Americans, who are not being served by this do jack shit 113th Congressional body.

 

THAT is just common sense.

 

My hat’s off to Rep. Tammy Duckworth of the great state of Illinois, and here’s why:

 

Rep. Diane Russell,

Greetings,

When I first ran for office, I was a college-educated, debt-laden cashier at Colucci’s, the neighborhood convenience store, in Portland, Maine.  I still work there one night a week when I’m not in session or busy with my marketing career. I know what’s like to leave work late at night with aching feet, and to wonder how I’m going to make it until the next paycheck.

 

If I didn’t show up for work and do my job, I didn’t get paid.

 

In truth, I was pretty terrified to send out this petition. In less than two days, though, more than 200,000 people stood up with me.  It’s not rocket science, but Congress still just doesn’t seem to get that it’s ludicrous to collect a paycheck ($174,000/year) while refusing to actually do their job.

 

It’s precisely why I was so excited to learn that  Rep. Tammy Duckworth is taking a voluntary pay cut now that sequestration has taken effect.

 

Let’s thank her and call on the rest of Congress to follow her lead!  Can you share the following with your friends?

 

Twitter
@tammyduckworth TX for #sequestration pay cut pledge! It’s time the #USCongress does too! http://bit.ly/ZESkSn @MissWrite @SignOn

 
Facebook
Thanks to Rep. Tammy Duckworth for taking a pay cut like everyone else during #Sequestration! Sign the petition to ask the rest of Congress to do so, too! http://bit.ly/ZESkSn

 

Thank you for all you do – and for the encouragement you’ve given me. Together, we can fight the special interests and put our country back on track.

 

Cheers,
~ Maine State Rep. Diane Russell
Portland, Maine

 

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Thank you Rep. Russell.

 

 

I think taking a pay cut for ALL members of BOTH Houses of Congress is the only way to handle this sequester fiasco. Why would Congress be concerned with a quick & timely resolution to this fake ass issue of sequestration if THEIR paychecks are being paid in full?

 

You want them back in Congress doing their jobs, dock their asses when work is not completed, ON TIME. Pay members of BOTH Houses of Congress based on a Per Diem scale. Congress does not resolve issues, and vote on legislation, and get governmental problems solved to keep America solvent, don’t pay ‘em a damn penny.

 

Rep. Duckworth should be commended for her approach during this sequestration mess, but I’d go one step further and suggest America cut off salaries altogether for members of both Houses of Congress.

 

Bet you $10K every member of Congress would be working overtime to get sequestration resolved. Whether Eric Cantor likes the idea of OT or not.

 

It’s time “We The People”take our government back from the likes of corporation controlled asshole politicians.

 

 

Oh, and by the way…..who asked Lyin UnFitt Mitt Romney for his asshole opinion on sequestration?

 

Mitt Romney Slams Obama Over Sequestration on Fox NEWS

 

Published on Mar 1, 2013

 

 

 

Read The Complete Sequestration Effects On ALL Americans……Written By The Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

 

 

Enclosed please find the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Report to the
Congress on the sequestration for fiscal year (FY) 2013 required by section 251A of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended (the “Joint Committee
sequestration”). This report provides calculations of the amounts and percentages by which
various budgetary resources are required to be reduced, and a listing of the reductions required
for each non-exempt budget account.

 

 

OMB REPORT TO THE CONGRESS
ON THE JOINT COMMITTEE SEQUESTRATION
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013

 

 

 

Call @SpeakerBoehner 202 225-0600 and express to him in your own manner, that he, nor any other member of Congress, should receive a salary paid to them by us Americans, while WE Americans are cut off during sequestration.

 

Make the call.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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