Tennessee Congressmen Paying More For Staff

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1. Davy writes
   November 23rd, 2009 6:25 pm

   Wamp and Duncan always do the “Government’s not the answer” routine when it’s the commoner who’s dealing with tough times.

   But hell, when it comes to the worse deficit in history and the worse financial downturn in eighty years, how do they respond?

   By giving their lackeys pay raises?

   Isn’t that deficit spending?

   Is this the same Duncan who opposes health care reform because “We don’t have the money?”

   My tax dollars can’t be used to help people but can be used to pay his court jesters raises.

   What a couple of bums!

2. Davy writes
   November 23rd, 2009 6:45 pm

   But that ain’t the whole story according to the link above:

   5 Year Staff Salary Changes for Tenn. Congress Members:

   Roe: (Was not in office 5 years ago)
   Duncan: +12%
   Wamp: +35%
   Davis: +29%
   Cooper: +27%
   Gordon: +29%
   Blackburn: +58%
   Tanner: +20%
   Cohen: (was not in office 5 years ago)

   Blackburn’s went up 58%!?

   What the hell?

   Is this because they have to brief her before she goes on Fox?

   Blackburn: another Phony.

3. Jack writes
   November 23rd, 2009 9:57 pm

   Yeah, State employees salaries have gone up nil for three years and probably up 4% over 5 years and the rightists are forking money hand over fist to their staffs. They truly don’t live in a reality-based world.

4. Joe Kirkpatrick writes
   November 24th, 2009 8:58 am

   Now, Wampgate, OMG, the news is just getting better and better. I guess I’ll just keep wading through the carnage.

5. Sueyyyy writes
   November 24th, 2009 9:16 am

   How does Marsha, Marsha, Marsha explain that? Her staff has to work doubly hard to make her seen like she’s doing her job?

6. Cannoneer2 writes
   November 25th, 2009 3:14 am

   Where’s Ben Cunningham to kvetch about this? Ben?? BEN, WHERE ARE YOU???

7. Blue writes
   November 25th, 2009 10:35 am

   Blackburn, the airhead, has to have her staff doing her work. She was on MSNBC the other day, and they helped her look like the dummy that she is.

8. SouthernIndie writes
   November 25th, 2009 10:53 am

   What does federal salaries have to do
   with State salaries or freezes. Yes,
   both are taxpayer dollars, but the
   difference is to vast for comparison.

9. William Tharon Chandler writes
   November 25th, 2009 1:30 pm

   They should not be allowed to ‘PAY’ their staff more; neither legislative staff nor campaign staff. There should be strict, modest, and uniform payment, accross the board for all such employees, and such should include zero dollars ‘expense account’ style funds {an endless sucking sound).

   Also; now the latest issue of ‘The New Republic’ has turned up to be ‘the Obama edition’, and I’m glad. I have admired this mag for addressing the avant-guard issues and the specific writers for the officials in focus and for quoting sources and that i really wanted to talk about; now our great President. The only lack seems to be a proper addresss for me to copy to at TNR; each seems to be a loaded die or slippery slope, maybe even a red herring.

   From the cover, Jon Chait asks ‘Does he still have the people’? Noam Scheiber inquires ‘Has he found manufacturings savior’? A Mr Leon Weistler offers an insight into Barack’s ‘comparative politics’ in light of the history of the Cold War, as in Capitalisn v Communism.

   I claim not to have even perused the pertinent information, only an offer of my own synopsis to add to the pile.

   President Barack H Obama ‘does’ still have the will of ‘the people’ and surely the authority to use that persuasive effort. Any lack he has in experience and expertise he is at large to call upon experts and titans of industry. i beleive the country is exceedingly better off from a ‘legal-danger’ standpoint, at home and abroad. Some of these ‘world-summits’ as he has graciously consulted and attended have been somewhat to avert world war and world economic colapse, as with foreign animosity toward the Corruption of the United States financial wizards and the previous executive administration. He has saved some confidence in our home currency even if the activated monetary-fiscal policy has caused real inflation.

   With regard to policy for ’saving’ our banking industry and our currency they have cracked down on some offensive recipients of federal bailout funds. Some disbursements now include payments of principle ‘in stock’ to some of the institutions and the principals. Though this is unpopular with the crooks it makes sense toward solvency.

   Just my opinion. Keep up the good work Barry.

10. yogiman writes
    November 27th, 2009 5:33 pm

    Since they are paying their employees with OUR money, why not give them a nice raise? If you were using someone else’s money to pay your employees, wouldn’t you give them a nice raise?

11. dontcallmemikey writes
    November 27th, 2009 6:11 pm

    Marsha must have hired someone who worked for Dick Cheney to help her butt into other people’s airtime more effectively.

    This should prove that all the ‘less government’ stuff from these jerks is just that - stuff, nothing very serious. Didn’t they think people would find they’re spending more on a personal level than ever before? How serious is Zach to trim state government, when he spends so much on his own personal staff?

12. Mark Rogers writes
    November 27th, 2009 11:35 pm

    Mikey,

    If you read the article, you will note that Marsha did not hire a full staff in 2003 so looking at a % increase in salary for her office would be misleading.