Why should I go to work?
- Thread starter Lumi
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You should go to work because your unemployment compensation has run out.
You should go to work because you can't feed yourself on SNAP benefit of $135/month.
You should go to work because you have no money for booze, guns and wimmin'.
You should go to work because you don't want to wear rags from Good Will.
You should go to work because you have no car, TV, or furniture.
You should go to work because you will get infected with vermin sleeping at the homeless shelter.
You should go to work because you will get AIDS banging the broads at the homeless shelter.
You should go to work so you will have friends who are not worthless scum.
You should go to work so you can set an example for your children.
You should go to work so you can look yourself in the mirror.
You should go to work so other vets won't piss on you when you are passed out on a park bench.
You should go to work because your mother wasn't a crack ho' and she knew your father's name.
Or.....maybe you shouldn't go to work. Come on down to the Presbyterian Soup Kitchen with me and see whether you want to be one of them.
What's the best job on earth?
Why, of course, to be a Member of the United States Congress.
This week, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor proudly announced the calendar for the new Congress in 2013.
Here's the link.
Working days for the entire year total 126, leaving 239 days off.
This includes virtually the whole month of August, two weeks around Easter/Passover, not a single five-day work week and (God forbid) no weekends.
Members insist, of course, that they accomplish lots during those recesses -- or "District work periods" as they call them.
And Congressional staff members, to their credit, work extremely hard with plenty of late nights and long hours.
For this, Members of Congress receive an annual salary of $174,000 ($223,500 for the Speaker), and, if the past few years are any guide, they will enact no budget, no regular appropriations bills, nor other key legislation.
(That is, the House will pass bills that die in the Senate, Senate-passed bills will die in the House, and occasionally they will agree on naming a Post Office if such things still exist in 2014.)
They will, however, take plenty of taxpayer-funded "fact finding trips," hold plenty of showboat hearings, and spend much of their time hawking for campaign contributions.
Wonder why public approval of the United States Congress stands at 16.4 percent in recent polls, up from 11 percent last March?
Look no further than the calendar!!
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(Evidently, Lucy isn't the only one taking advantage.)
Why, of course, to be a Member of the United States Congress.
This week, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor proudly announced the calendar for the new Congress in 2013.
Here's the link.
Working days for the entire year total 126, leaving 239 days off.
This includes virtually the whole month of August, two weeks around Easter/Passover, not a single five-day work week and (God forbid) no weekends.
Members insist, of course, that they accomplish lots during those recesses -- or "District work periods" as they call them.
And Congressional staff members, to their credit, work extremely hard with plenty of late nights and long hours.
For this, Members of Congress receive an annual salary of $174,000 ($223,500 for the Speaker), and, if the past few years are any guide, they will enact no budget, no regular appropriations bills, nor other key legislation.
(That is, the House will pass bills that die in the Senate, Senate-passed bills will die in the House, and occasionally they will agree on naming a Post Office if such things still exist in 2014.)
They will, however, take plenty of taxpayer-funded "fact finding trips," hold plenty of showboat hearings, and spend much of their time hawking for campaign contributions.
Wonder why public approval of the United States Congress stands at 16.4 percent in recent polls, up from 11 percent last March?
Look no further than the calendar!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Evidently, Lucy isn't the only one taking advantage.)
Duff,
At this moment, or 5 moments from now...
I am on my way to the run down AO of Reno
I have 5 40 gallon bags of recyclables
6 coats, old, semi worn out clothes
10 pair of work gloves, (winter)
We had our 2nd snow of the season last night
This one is a considerably colder with more snow
And rain
After that I get to deal with the VA
I better go gave a cocktail(s) first
