**
Dr. Eowyn posted: ". . . while our national debt is now $17 TRILLION.
Just the other day Nancy Pelosi insisted that there were "no more cuts to
make" to the federal budget. Filthy rotten liar! Here are ways the
politicos in Congress, the White House, and the fed" Respond to this
post by replying above this line
New post on *Fellowship of the Minds*
<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/> How Washington, DC lives
high on the
hog<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/09/28/how-washington-dc-lives-high-on-the-hog/>
by
Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>
*. . . while our national debt is now $17 TRILLION.*
[image: corrupt
politician]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/corrupt-politician.gif>
Just the other day Nancy Pelosi insisted that there were "no more cuts to
make<http://redalertpolitics.com/2013/09/22/nancy-pelosi-on-spending-no-more-cuts-to-make/>"
to the federal budget.
Filthy rotten liar!
Here are ways the politicos in Congress, the White House, and the federal
government bureaucracy are living like fatted pigs, at the expense of
long-suffering taxpayers.
1. In one recent year, taxpayers spent more than $1.4
*billion*<http://thetruthwins.com/archives/us-taxpayers-spent-1-4-billion-on-the-obamas-in-2012-british-taxpayers-only-spent-57-8-million-on-the-entire-royal-family>on
*the Obamas*. Meanwhile, British taxpayers only spent about $58 million
dollars on the entire royal family. Just one trip that the Obamas took --
to Africa -- cost U.S. taxpayers about $100
million<http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/18/first-family-trip-to-africa-projected-to-cost-up-to-100m-sparking-criticism/>
.
2. The POS has only have one dog named "Bo", but the *White House "dog
handler" *reportedly makes
$102,000<http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/26/taxpayers-spent-1-4-billion-on-obama-family-last-year-perks-questioned-in-new-book/2/>per
year and sometimes he is even flown to where the POS and FLPOS are
vacationing so that he can take care of Bo.
3. There is always at least one
projectionist<http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/26/taxpayers-spent-1-4-billion-on-obama-family-last-year-perks-questioned-in-new-book/?print=1>at
the White House 24 hours a day just in case someone wants to watch a
movie. Apparently turning on a DVD player is too much to ask.
4. During 2012, the salaries of Obama’s three climate change advisers
combined came to a grand total of more than
$370,000<http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/11/dozens-wh-senior-staffers-making-six-figure-salary-amid-sequester-woes/>.
Overall, 139 different *White House staffers* made at least
$100,000<http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/11/dozens-wh-senior-staffers-making-six-figure-salary-amid-sequester-woes/>during
2012, 20 of whom made the maximum of
$172,200<http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/11/dozens-wh-senior-staffers-making-six-figure-salary-amid-sequester-woes/>
.
5. Taxpayers also shell out *beaucoup* bucks for the *VPOS*. When *Joe Biden
*and his staff took a recent trip to London, the hotel bill cost U.S.
taxpayers
$459,388.65<http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/biden-pays-45938865-hotel-bill_708795.html>.
The VPOS stopped over in Paris, where the hotel bill for just one night was
$585,000.50<http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/bidens-one-night-paris-hotel-tab-58500050_708799.html>.
When VPOS visited Moscow for two days in 2011, the total hotel bill came to
$665,445<http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/high-cost-vip-travel-bidens-665545-hotel-bill-moscow-obamas-450000-warsaw-tab_738138.html>
.
6. **Taxpayers spend an annual average of
$4,005,900<http://realitybloger.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/the-senate-how-much-does-it-cost/>per
person on the "personal" and "office" expenses of
*U.S. senators*. Those expenses include:
- Hair care: the Senate Hair Care Services cost taxpayers about $5.25
million over 15 years, including more than $40,000 for each of 6 barbers
($80,000 for the head barber) last fiscal year.
- Shoe shine: The shoeshine attendant at the U.S. Senate was paid more
than $40,000 last year.
7. *Congressional pensions: *Once they leave Washington, former members of
Congress continue to collect huge checks for the rest of their
lives:<http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/29/retirement/congress-pension/index.html?iid=Lead>
- In 2011, 280 former lawmakers who averaged around 20 years of service
and retired under a former government pension system received average
annual pensions of $70,620, according to a Congressional Research
Service report. <http://cnnmon.ie/15YXFa0> Another 215 retirees (elected
in 1984 or later with an average of 15 years of service) received average
annual checks of roughly $40,000 a year.
- Some former lawmakers are collecting federal pensions for life worth at
least $100,000
annually<http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/thousands-of-federal-retirees-receive-100000-a-year-pensionsincluding-newt-gingrich?news=843922>.
They include Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole, Trent Lott, Dick Gephardt and Dick
Cheney.
- Speaker of the House John Boehner will bring home a yearly
pension of close
to
$85,000<http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/29/retirement/congress-pension/index.html?iid=Lead>if
he left Congress when his current term ends in 2014.
8. Taxpayers also spend approximately $3.6
million<http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/3-6-million-taxpayer-dollars-being-used-to-support-the-lavish-lifestyles-of-former-presidents-such-as-bush-and-clinton>a
year to support the lavish lifestyles of
*former presidents* Jimmy Carter, George Bush the elder, Bill Clinton, and
George Bush the younger, who are all multimillionaires.
9. Nearly 500,000 *federal employees* make at least $100,000 a
year<http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/08/20/Federal-workers-earn-twice-as-much-as-private-workers>.
During one recent year, the *average* federal employee in the Washington
D.C. area received total compensation worth more than
$126,000<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-19/beltway-earnings-make-u-s-capital-richer-than-silicon-valley.html>.
During one recent year, compensation for federal employees came to a grand
total of approximately $447
billion<http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/16/gop-targets-federal-pay-report-shows-wages-exploding/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29&utm_content=Google+Reader>.
77,000 federal
workers<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/report-77000-feds-earn-more-than-governors/2011/03/23/AGLmuUGH_blog.html>make
more than the governors of their own states do.
Note that Congress is full of millionaires:*
*
- More than half of those "serving the American people" in Congress are
millionaires <http://www.cnbc.com/id/40233691>.
- The richest five are Rep. Michael
McCaul<http://www.rollcall.com/members/19182.html>(R-Texas), with a
minimum net worth (MNW) in 2011 of $300 million; former
Sen. John Kerry <http://www.rollcall.com/members/225.html> (D-Mass.),
with a MNW of $198.65 million; and Rep. Darrell
Issa<http://www.rollcall.com/members/3088.html>(R-Calif.), with a MNW
of $140.55 million; Sen. Mark
Warner <http://www.rollcall.com/members/2693.html> (D-Va.), with a MNW
of $85.81 million; and Jay
Rockefeller<http://www.rollcall.com/members/538.html>(D-W.Va.), with a
MNW of $83.08 million.
- The *50th* most wealthy member of Congress has a net worth of $6.14
million<http://www.rollcall.com/50richest/the-50-richest-members-of-congress-112th-2012.html>
.
- According to Roll Call's annual survey of Congressional
wealth<http://www.rollcall.com/50richest/the-50-richest-members-of-congress-112th-2012.html>,
the super wealthy in Congress are getting much wealthier although
the average
U.S. household is making less
income<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/08/23/the-average-american-household-is-now-earning-less-income-than-it-did-at-the-end-of-the-great-recession/>than
the supposed end of the Great Recession 4 years ago.
Source: Economic Collapse
Blog<http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/5-25-million-for-senate-hair-care-and-21-other-ways-politicians-are-living-the-high-life-at-your-expense>
*~Eowyn*
*Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>* | September
28, 2013 at 7:46 am | Tags: Bo
<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=bo>, Congress
millionaires <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=congress-millionaires>,
Congressional
pensions <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=congressional-pensions>, federal
employees pay <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=federal-employees-pay>, Joe
Biden <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=joe-biden>, Nancy
Pelosi<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=nancy-pelosi>,
Senate hair care
<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=senate-hair-care>, Senate
shoe shine <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=senate-shoe-shine>, White
Hosue
projectionist<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=white-hosue-projectionist>,
White House staff
pay<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=white-house-staff-pay>|
Categories:
Congress <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=4308>,
Liberals/Democrats/Left
<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=115894710>, Michelle
Obama <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=429843>,
Obama<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=376320>,
Republican Party <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=56189>,
Taxes<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=34919470>,
Travel <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=200>,
Uncategorized<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=1>,
US Presidents <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=51656283> | URL:
http://wp.me/pKuKY-nwY
Comment<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/09/28/how-washington-dc-lives-high-on-the-hog/#respond>
See all
comments<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/09/28/how-washington-dc-lives-high-on-the-hog/#comments>
Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage
Subscriptions<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=80d8873ee52adffe4e178d01c25562cf&email=goosepickles%40gmail.com>.
*Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser:
http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/09/28/how-washington-dc-lives-high-on-the-hog/
Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com>
--
--
Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups.
For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
* Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/
* It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls.
* Read the latest breaking news, and more.
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"PoliticalForum" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to [email protected].
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
