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[Henry Hawk]

White House Staffers Got a Raise Last Year, And You Did Not... 
http://gawker.com/5818310

The White House released its annual salary report last week, and as usual, it's nice to work for Barack Obama: Most staffers who were there for more than a year got a salary bump. A bigger one than you did.
The last time we checked in on White House salaries, we found that an astonishing 75% of continuing staffers got raises from 2009 to 2010—a huge number given the fact that, according to compensation experts, most companies had skipped routine raises that year in reaction to the economic crisis that the White House was busy failing to solve. This time around—from 2010 to 2011—the ratio is a little less dramatic. Of the 270 White House staffers who have been there for more than a year, 146—or 54%—received raises. The average salary increase was 8%. If you look at only staffers who got raises, the average increase was twice that.


Just sayin.....

[The Troll]

White House Staffers Got a Raise Last Year, And You Did Not... 
http://gawker.com/5818310

The White House released its annual salary report last week, and as usual, it's nice to work for Barack Obama: Most staffers who were there for more than a year got a salary bump. A bigger one than you did.
The last time we checked in on White House salaries, we found that an astonishing 75% of continuing staffers got raises from 2009 to 2010—a huge number given the fact that, according to compensation experts, most companies had skipped routine raises that year in reaction to the economic crisis that the White House was busy failing to solve. This time around—from 2010 to 2011—the ratio is a little less dramatic. Of the 270 White House staffers who have been there for more than a year, 146—or 54%—received raises. The average salary increase was 8%. If you look at only staffers who got raises, the average increase was twice that.


Just sayin.....

  What ever the White House staff got in a raise is nothing compared to what the Bankers, the boys and girls got at the stock market and the Hedge fund got.

  Oh, I almost forgot the raises the CEO, CFO and all of the upper management got in the largest corporations.  Plus the lowest tax rate for the upper 2% of the richest people in the United States.

  How much of a raise did you get Henry.  The last time I asked you it was 4 years ago.  I am sure glad some Democrats are getting a raise.  They need a raise for having to work trying to get something though the damn Republicans.   

[Henry Hawk]

  What ever the White House staff got in a raise is nothing compared to what the Bankers, the boys and girls got at the stock market and the Hedge fund got.

  Oh, I almost forgot the raises the CEO, CFO and all of the upper management got in the largest corporations.  Plus the lowest tax rate for the upper 2% of the richest people in the United States.

  How much of a raise did you get Henry.  The last time I asked you it was 4 years ago.  I am sure glad some Democrats are getting a raise.  They need a raise for having to work trying to get something though the damn Republicans.   

wow, you are like fred astaire!!!     you danced all over the place on that one!!! 

you blamed the bankers?...who mentioned them?  tax rates?  CEO's?.........    you are killing me.....

The white house is a disgrace!!     with NO CLASS AT ALL...    yet, YOU blame Bush and republicans...everybody but the POTUS....

wake up ol buddy!!!! 

[The Troll]

wow, you are like fred astaire!!!     you danced all over the place on that one!!! 

you blamed the bankers?...who mentioned them?  tax rates?  CEO's?.........    you are killing me.....

The white house is a disgrace!!     with NO CLASS AT ALL...    yet, YOU blame Bush and republicans...everybody but the POTUS....

wake up ol buddy!!!! 

  Oh, I'm awake, I sure not brain dead like you.  Where do you get that the White House is a disgrace, with no class and Obama with no class.

  You have the guts and nerve to say this after you voted for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney twice.  One of the most shameful, ignorant, stupid, fool, liar, and killer of our soldiers.  Who with the help of the lobbyist and the super rich and the Republican sheeple sent this country into the biggest depression in the modern history of this country.

  Millions of jobs lost because the greed of the Republican Party and you want me to wake up.  I say this boy is a lame brain, if you say up he says down, if you say good he says bad.  One hell of a Loony Tune HAWK.   

[The Troll]

  With the American taxpayers paying 10 Bullion 200 Million dollars a month for air conditioning to keep our troop cool in the two wars George W. Bush started. (we do have to do what is right for our troops)  Isn't amazing that the Republicans in Washington DC can't find anything to cut but Social Security, Medicare and Medicade.

  Plus pushing America into being a deadbeat nation and putting us into default.    Damn I hate these SOB.

  Just saying.              

[The Troll]

  Correction.  To cool our troops and our officers and their staff.  Plus probably the thousand of vultures, Dick Cheney's private contractors is 10 Billion 200 Million Dollars a year.  A year.  Just saying.     

                                                   Republicans Party American Middle Class

[Sandy Eggo]

Starve The Beast Worked, But It Defunded The Government

For the last 30 years the conservative, regressive wing of the Republican party has been dead set on creating an environment that obliterates the government. Of course their rhetoric is "it's a spending problem", that's been their mantra for almost a generation. The debt and deficit was created by this foolish economic model called the Laffer curve. Essentially the Laffer curve tried to illustrate that when you lower taxes to a certain point , government revenue actually goes up. This is obviously a complete economic fallacy.

America is currently at the pinnacle of this regressive plan to eradicate the country of social programs. We just don't have the revenue to continue with them, but it's not a SPENDING problem, it's a revenue problem.

Look at this chart put together by Talking Points Memo, it shows that from 2001-2011 domestic discretionary spending has remained FLAT at 369 billion dollars when adjusted for inflation and population growth. We aren't spending anymore money on the programs, like women's shelters education or other programs that regular Americans need. We just cut taxes to the point where we can no longer fund these programs.

In another tragic story reported by Forbes, Alto,Texas just eliminated every single police officer. "We had to do something drastic," says Jerry Flowers, a city councilman in Alto, Texas. "The police department," Mr. Flowers goes on, "being a non-money-making entity, was the easiest to get rid of while we catch our breath and build up some cash."

In the meantime, for protection against ne'er-do-wells, petty thieves and outright criminals, citizens of Alto will have to rely on the Cherokee County sheriff's office, headquartered 12 miles away.

"I'm going to try," commented the county sheriff when notified, "but I can't guarantee you there will always be an officer in the town."

Until recently, drastic cutbacks like this were the province of down-and-out medium-sized cities like Camden, N.J. – where half the police force has been let go. Or Oakland, Calif. – where the cops no longer answer burglary calls.

This is the Republican America, where corporations, billionaires and millionaires get tax breaks and pay for loopholes and the rest of us, sit back and watch as the very foundation of our country is drastically changed or eliminated.

We are the wealthiest country on earth and in history, yet we are going to have streets not protected by police, we cut back on programs that help the poor and elderly all the while taxes continue to drop for the wealthy.

Starve the beast has had some unintended consequences it seems and the people who are going to suffer are the people who make America great, the American middle, and working class.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/07/07/starve-the-beast-worked-but-it-defunded-the-government/

[Exterminator]

White House Staffers Got a Raise Last Year, And You Did Not...

Actually, I did.

[The Troll]

Actually, I did.

  I glad you did, I did not.  But what gets me is Henery is complaining that people who was making $40,000 a year living in the Washington DC area, one hell of a high cost of living area was getting a raise.  Why would you think that?  Well, the first one would be his cheap ass company didn't give him one. 

  Maybe he can write a letter to George W. and make a complaint on how he left the country.   

[Henry Hawk]

  I glad you did, I did not.  But what gets me is Henery is complaining that people who was making $40,000 a year living in the Washington DC area, one hell of a high cost of living area was getting a raise. 

nobody put a gun to their head and told them to work there.............the POTUS sucks!!! and his adminstration SUCKS!

They do NOT care about the USA....they only care about greed and power.....but, yet Corp America are the bad guys...the very people that are employing the Country....

democrats...

[The Troll]

nobody put a gun to their head and told them to work there.............the POTUS sucks!!! and his adminstration SUCKS!

They do NOT care about the USA....they only care about greed and power.....but, yet Corp America are the bad guys...the very people that are employing the Country....

democrats...

  Just look at you defending the corporations, defending the Republican Party/Teabaggers. Plus not thinking that George W. and prick Cheney wasn't about greed and power.  What a dumbass.

  I suppose you think since the people in the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Coast Guard don't have a bitch, is because they volunteered.  Is that what you are saying.  They asked for it and a whole lot would like to get out now and get out of war.  What a fart bag. 

  Henry do you honestly believe that these $40,000 a year staffers who took the raises don't love America.  But desides all of your lies, I heard on TV today, there was no pay raised given.  So why don't you take a pay cut to prove that you love America.  Henery you are truly an asshole and I do mean an asshole  ( * ). 

[Henry Hawk]

I suppose you think since the people in the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Coast Guard don't have a bitch, is because they volunteered.  Is that what you are saying.  They asked for it and a whole lot would like to get out now and get out of war.  What a fart bag. 

  Henry do you honestly believe that these $40,000 a year staffers who took the raises don't love America.  But desides all of your lies, I heard on TV today, there was no pay raised given.  So why don't you take a pay cut to prove that you love America.  Henery you are truly an asshole and I do mean an asshole  ( * ). 

First of all, I don't hear our Military complaining due to lack of pay...(although, I personally believe THEY should be getting a raise, NOT some dickheaded WhiteHouse staffers)...but, every person who becomes a soldier know exactly what their pay is when they sign on the dotted line...

Secondly, I do not get paid from tax payers money.....If I take a pay cut will not improve our country......are YOU really that ignorant?  seriously?

and third, maybe I am an asshole Troll, at least in YOUR eyes I am.  But, I can tell you one thing I know when we are being snookered by a bunch of politicians.....like we are right now. 

Listen to me on this Troll.....I can honestly care less, if a millionaire has to pay a few more percentage points on taxes...maybe they should.  But I believe in standing on principals.  Raising taxes will NOT fix anything.  Our dickheads in Washington will just find MORE ways to spend those tax revenues....THEY will NOT balance any budget.  They PRINCIPAL that MOST conservatives want to adhere to is this......LISTEN CLOSELY...

QUIT SPENDING MONEY WE DO NOT HAVE!!!!!  Get rid of fraudulant spending!!!!  Quit spending on programs that we should not have in the first place!!!!!  The vast majority of conservatives do NOT want to do away with SS, Medicaid or Medicare.  We just want to utilize the money we currently bring in.  We need to be smarter with our money.  The basic principal of keeping taxes low, and keeping Government at a reduced level as possible is a GOOD THING for this Nation.......NOT HIGH TAXES AND A LARGE GOVERNMENT!!!  why oh why is this SO  hard for a democrat to understand!!!!

WHY?  seriously......Palehorse?  Sandy?  all of you guys, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT CONCEPT?  I am asking you to give me your honest answer...I am NOT an asshole, just because Troll cannot understand basic principals.


and last Troll, I really do not appreciate the way you slam my place of employement OR my boss.  YOU don't know shit, and you prove it when you speak like you do.  and YOU can kiss my ass too, while you are at it.   

[Palehorse]

First of all, I don't hear our Military complaining due to lack of pay...

Then you aren't talking to them. . . I have three in my family, and a host of presently serving friends, and every last one of them are bitching about it. Moreover, several of these endured a months long period of unemployment simply due to the fact the "party of no" held up funding for their sectors of service!

[Henry Hawk]

Then you aren't talking to them. . . I have three in my family, and a host of presently serving friends, and every last one of them are bitching about it. Moreover, several of these endured a months long period of unemployment simply due to the fact the "party of no" held up funding for their sectors of service!

is that just an opinion? or is it fact? 

[Palehorse]

is that just an opinion? or is it fact?

Here's a quote from the time period that supports their view. (CBS)

As Congress continues to wrangle over its budget bill and attempts to avert a government shutdown, full and timely military pay hangs in the balance -- and Republicans are faulting Democrats for allowing that risk.

Much like the debate over Planned Parenthood funding, military pay has given Washington politicians a simple issue that resonates with voters that they can use to cast their opponents as irresponsible and unwilling to negotiate. While it has mostly been Republicans who have seized the issue of military pay in the budget debate, some Democrats have in turn accused the GOP of turning their backs on the troops. . . .

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20052185-503544.html

http://www.stripes.com/military-life/military-update-gi-bill-pay-delay-threat-from-new-reform-bill-eases-1.148578

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/01/army-pay-disparity-between-nco-officer-debate-012211w/

http://paycheck-chronicles.military.com/2011/06/27/pay-and-allowances-fair-or-not/

And here's a report that demonstrates this is not a new problem!

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04911.pdf

The above demonstrate that my personal knowledge, and the feedback I have consistently received from friends and family members that are currently US Military active, are FACT and not just opinion.