{"id":27537,"date":"2018-01-20T15:14:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T15:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=27537"},"modified":"2018-01-20T15:14:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T15:14:33","slug":"congress-forfeits-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=27537","title":{"rendered":"Congress forfeits its pay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I trust there’s still room on this particular bandwagon, so I’ll climb aboard<\/p>\n

Congress doesn’t deserve to be paid a nickel for as long as the federal government is shuttered.<\/p>\n

For that matter, neither does the president, although with Donald J. Trump, he is so fabulously wealthy — according to himself<\/em> — that he isn’t being paid a presidential salary. So in his case, we can make special arrangements for the money he should forfeit.<\/p>\n

Congress earns $174,000 annually. Broken down to the daily rate, that’s about $476 each day. They do not deserve a nickel. Nothing, man! Trump’s salary is $400,000 annually, or about $1,095 daily. The charities to which he is donating his salary — allegedly — would be denied the money they’re supposed to receive.<\/p>\n

Members of the GOP-controlled Congress along with the president have failed in arguably their most fundamental duty: funding the government, keeping it open and serving their bosses — that would be you and me — with all the services for which we pay.<\/p>\n

They have haggled, argued, quibbled and quarreled over immigration. The result has been a shutting down of a good portion of the government. I get that our military is still on the job, along with other essential services.<\/p>\n

Who do I blame for this budgetary quagmire? I’ll hang it on the Republican members of Congress. I believe our nation’s Dreamers deserve to be treated humanely and I detest the notion of building a wall along our border with Mexico.<\/p>\n

There. I’ve revealed my bias for you to see.<\/p>\n

On this notion of whether any member of Congress — and the president — deserve to be paid while the government they administer for us on our behalf<\/em> … I say categorically: Hell no!<\/em><\/p>\n

They have failed to do their job.<\/p>\n\n

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