A Congresswoman who along with her Democrat colleagues failed to pass a budget while she and her cronies held sway in the House, the Senate and the White House, now laments that she can't do without her paycheck... this on the cusp of a government shutdown that will cause many Americans to do that very thing.
Galling.
The woman makes $174,000 a year... up from approximately $154,000 since her election to Congress in 2003.
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She does look like she is s... (Below threshold)1. Posted by mag | April 8, 2011 6:53 AM | Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
She does look like she is starving. You are right the gall....
1. Posted by mag | April 8, 2011 6:53 AM |
Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Posted on April 8, 2011 06:53
2. Posted by Jay Tea
| April 8, 2011 7:12 AM | Score: 5 (11 votes cast)
Damn, it is true:
"Government shut down; women, minorities hardest hit"
J.
2. Posted by Jay Tea
| April 8, 2011 7:12 AM |
Score: 5 (11 votes cast)
Posted on April 8, 2011 07:12
3. Posted by Serrena | April 8, 2011 7:26 AM | Score: 13 (13 votes cast)
How in the world can she be living paycheck to paycheck? Congresswoman Linda Sanchez has been in Congress, earning a six-figure income since 2003. She has one 2-year old child & graduated Law School in 1995. How much more could she owe on her student loans after 16-years? She's worked .in the public sector since 1998 - Her student loans have more than likely been forgiven. It's no wonder they can't pass a budget.
3. Posted by Serrena | April 8, 2011 7:26 AM |
Score: 13 (13 votes cast)
Posted on April 8, 2011 07:26
4. Posted by JLawson | April 8, 2011 7:58 AM | Score: 8 (10 votes cast)
Shit. If my lovely bride and I had been pulling down $150k+ for the last few years, we'd damn near have the mortgage paid off and six month's cushion in the bank.
And this poor, pitiful creature's living hand to mouth, paycheck to paycheck?
Man, we'd better not let the safety net collapse under HER!
4. Posted by JLawson | April 8, 2011 7:58 AM |
Score: 8 (10 votes cast)
Posted on April 8, 2011 07:58
5. Posted by James H | April 8, 2011 8:36 AM | Score: -7 (11 votes cast)
On the matter of paychecks, I sympathize with members of Congress to the extent that they have to pay housing costs in two different locations. Even at $154k a year, that's a stretch, especially given the DC real-estate prices.
Beyond that? Pfeh.
5. Posted by James H | April 8, 2011 8:36 AM |
Score: -7 (11 votes cast)
Posted on April 8, 2011 08:36
6. Posted by Joe | April 8, 2011 8:36 AM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Whine, whine, whine...
If you are worried about not being paid, don't run for public office. Or better yet, pass a budget when it was your responsibility last year. Oh, wait a minute, that means she would actually have had to do her job.
6. Posted by Joe | April 8, 2011 8:36 AM |
Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Posted on April 8, 2011 08:36
7. Posted by G. | April 8, 2011 9:34 AM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Some one please open a can of a foot in the Ass for her.
7. Posted by G. | April 8, 2011 9:34 AM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on April 8, 2011 09:34
8. Posted by locomotivebreath1901 | April 8, 2011 10:09 AM | Score: 9 (9 votes cast)
So... she admits to being incompetent at managing her own finances, which is an admission to being even less competent at managing the nation's finances.
Gee. Sounds like a ready made campaign commercial for her opponent next election. Gift wrapped.
Bonus: She's clueless to her useful idiot status.
8. Posted by locomotivebreath1901 | April 8, 2011 10:09 AM |
Score: 9 (9 votes cast)
Posted on April 8, 2011 10:09
9. Posted by 914 | April 8, 2011 10:24 AM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
She belongs on the View with the other self centered boars
9. Posted by 914 | April 8, 2011 10:24 AM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on April 8, 2011 10:24
10. Posted by jim x | April 8, 2011 10:32 AM | Score: -5 (9 votes cast)
Yep. This is just as irritating as when a Republican state Congressman from Wisconsin said the same thing.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/gop-rep-im-struggling-on-my-174k-salary-video.php
10. Posted by jim x | April 8, 2011 10:32 AM |
Score: -5 (9 votes cast)
Posted on April 8, 2011 10:32
11. Posted by Jay Tea
| April 8, 2011 12:25 PM | Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
Congrats, jim x found one Republican asshole.
Tell you what, jim x, how 'bout we get rid of both of 'em as a package deal? Sound fair to you?
J.
11. Posted by Jay Tea
| April 8, 2011 12:25 PM |
Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
Posted on April 8, 2011 12:25
12. Posted by Jay Guevara | April 8, 2011 1:29 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
WI state congressmen are WI's problem.
This moron is a Federal problem, i.e., a national one.
Btw, she looks as though she's been getting enough to eat. And then some.
12. Posted by Jay Guevara | April 8, 2011 1:29 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on April 8, 2011 13:29
13. Posted by Jim x | April 8, 2011 2:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jay Tea, sounds good to me.
Just as long as we're clear that assholes are in all parties, and aren't concentrated to one that we don't like.
13. Posted by Jim x | April 8, 2011 2:12 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on April 8, 2011 14:12
14. Posted by LC Draco | April 8, 2011 2:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Just wanna let you all know, we in the military just checked our mid-month LES pay schedule and half been cut 50%. ALL our pay was reduced 50%, and called a 'Debt Payment'.
14. Posted by LC Draco | April 8, 2011 2:26 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2011 14:26
15. Posted by Syllabucks | April 8, 2011 3:31 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
So, this DEMOCRAT congresscritter lives "paycheck to paycheck" on $174,00/year...
THAT, ladies and gentlemen is the perfect illustration of WHY this country is facing financial armageddon: no personal responsibility, the arrogant reckless attitude of spend it NOW because tomorrow there is more.
I am completely and thoroughly with Democrats.
15. Posted by Syllabucks | April 8, 2011 3:31 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on April 8, 2011 15:31
16. Posted by Syllabucks | April 8, 2011 3:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
*I am completely and thoroughly DISGUSTED with Democrats.
16. Posted by Syllabucks | April 8, 2011 3:33 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2011 15:33
17. Posted by Jim Addison | April 8, 2011 4:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
House members usually maintain a home in their district and at least an apartment in DC/NoVA/Suburban MD, not cheap housing markets (when Mark Sanford was in Congress, he slept in his office the first year, then split an apartment with three other congressmen the next five years, and he was wealthy). They also have to pay their own transportation to and from their districts (unless they can hitch on an USAF flight, only the Speaker has access to a plane).
So someone who lives across the country and has no other income isn't getting rich on their $174,000 congressional salary. The only way they are "paycheck to paycheck" is if they are carrying debt, though - and that's not really our problem, is it?
HOWEVER, unless Boehner has arranged for it somehow, congressional salaries are not subject to the shutdown. Staffers are, but not the elected Representatives and Senators.
17. Posted by Jim Addison | April 8, 2011 4:11 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2011 16:11
18. Posted by Jay Guevara | April 8, 2011 4:59 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Maybe Sanchez should have lit a fire under her Dem colleagues to pass a goddamned budget back when they should have, and when they controlled the House, the Senate, and White House, and therefore had no excuse for not doing so.
18. Posted by Jay Guevara | April 8, 2011 4:59 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on April 8, 2011 16:59
19. Posted by retired military | April 8, 2011 9:53 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jim Addision
So they have an apt in the DC area. They can live very comfortably in the DC VA area in a $2k a month apartment.
That is $24k a year. WHich is probably deductible as a business expense.
That leaves $150k a year pre taxes to live off of.
Wish I had that much to live off.
19. Posted by retired military | April 8, 2011 9:53 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2011 21:53