-Caveat Lector- New pay raise for Congress, after all they have been very busy doing nothing, except allowing hijacked planes to ram into buildings and laying the legislative groundwork for a police state and your enslavement. Congress is out of touch with reality and arrogant beyond belief. They don't need a raise, they need a one-way ticket home. Better yet, send them to a place where they could be with like-minded people, like Russia or China. --------------
House Leader Defends Pay Raises By Associated Press July 21, 2002, 1:22 PM EDT WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Dick Armey on Sunday defended new pay raises for Congress, saying lawmakers work hard and deserve more money. House members cleared the way last week for a 3.3 percent cost-of-living increase. If the raise of about $5,000 a year goes into effect in January, it would be the fourth in four years and boost annual salaries of rank-and-file members of Congress to about $155,000. "I don't know why anybody in America would say, `Mr. Big Shot, get yourself elected to Congress and then be stupid enough to deny yourself the pay and benefits that your job warrants,'" said Armey, R-Texas. "It's bizarre that people would have that kind of an unrealistic expectation of hardworking people," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press." Armey, who is retiring after this year, said the formula gives members of Congress smaller cost-of-living increases than government workers. Raises go into effect automatically unless lawmakers vote to block them. One lawmaker spoke against increases. Rep. James Matheson, D-Utah, said with the country "swimming in red ink," the raises were ill-timed. Copyright © 2002, The Associated Press --------------------- -iNFoWaRZ Your failure to be informed, does not make me a wacko. - John Loeffler America, while you are busy drinking beer, watching TV, playing church, arguing about the Pledge of Allegiance, chasing fiat federal reserve notes, letting your kids get brainwashed by government schools, waving little plastic flags made in China, and running around trying to impress each other with how much you love queers, your government is preparing the final stage for your enslavement. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
