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turbinetree

(26,645 posts)
7. Maryland Congressional
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 11:17 AM
Dec 2014

Last night we in Maryland got a unanimous vote on a budget bill that greed is more important than retirees, FDIC saving accounts, EPA, Campaign spending, NRLB, Postal system and the union, CFPB, and other programs to help the American citizen when they, (all 8 led by)
Steny Hoyer--minority whip ----democrat ----- $195,000 salary from taxpayers
Chris Van Hollen----democrat --------$195,000 salary from taxpayers
John Delaney-------democrat-------$174,000 salary from taxpayers
Donna Edwards-----democrat--------$195,000 salary from taxpayers
Andy Harris (doctor) -----republican -- Club for Growth ------$174,000 salary from taxpayers
C. Ruppersberger----democrat-------$174,000 salary from taxpayers
John Sarbanes-----democrat-------$174,000 salary from taxpayers
Elijah Cummings-----democrat-------$195,000 salary from taxpayers

And as a side note we had the president push for this bill
Barack Obama------democrat----------$400,000 salary from taxpayers

These 8 individuals took 15:00 minutes to vote and in my opinion will further the decimation of citizens (poor, middle class, elderly) that are struggling in this state, and elsewhere and they will come before the cameras on shows like the Ed Show, Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, Andrea Mitchell, and others to say, that the full faith of the credit of the country was at stake---and the seniors and the military and other programs would have stopped and would have been shut down, yes but it is hogwash, the bill or budget would have been paid for, they can put anything they want on a credit card anything and pay for it.
No------the country now has a big blank sign on it saying "FOR SALE" to any bidder and that collectively the support for corporate greed and lobbyists were more important.
As a side note to this rant if these (8) had they voted NO (Nay) the bill would have been in trouble, and the republicans would have had to come back to the table and some of these riders could have been removed.
But a vacation, another one in the series (224 days), was more important, and the last minute shenanigans was more important with the 15 minutes it took to put a bill out on floor of Congress, without any committee hearings or discussion but and for the firms on Wall Street and there Ponzi scheme trading practices that crashed the country 5 years ago.





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