Why would Congress take a FIVE-week vacation with all the problems facing the country ?
Submitted by Cyril on Sat, 09/08/2012 - 04:08http://www.youtu.be/TPINKgfODAw
By the way, what did I write there [ http://www.dailypaul.com/253711/the-two-party-system-is-our-... ], even before stumbling upon this article ?
... Anyway, so, from CNN Reporter Jack Cafferty :
(well, yes, MSM)
"Congress is on a five-week vacation. They work so hard. The fact is Congress has accomplished next to nothing, but they think they deserve a five-week break.
Millions of Americans are unemployed, and the average American worker only gets 13 paid days off the whole year. But these clowns think they deserve yet another vacation. It's disgraceful.
Meanwhile, the country's problems, which they left behind in Washington, are serious and many:
Our runaway national debt is nearing $16 trillion.
They've done nothing about the automatic spending cuts, including hundreds of billions of dollars to the Defense Department, set to kick in early next year.
The Bush tax cuts are set to expire at the end of this year. The payroll tax cut is set to expire, and estate taxes will rise dramatically as will capital gains taxes.
It's called the "fiscal cliff" for a reason. Unaddressed, these changes will be painful and dramatic. Congress has done nothing. This list still goes on:"
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http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/06/why-would-congr...
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People will manage lol
donvino
Cafferty should put the blame where it belongs.
All the issues he raises are due to a lack of leadership from the White House.
Undo what Wilson did
Maybe they are
heading underground to their bunkers?
Prepare & Share the Message of Freedom through Positive-Peaceful-Activism.
Teleprompters still functional
Don't worry your pretty little heads. Everything is going according to script whether or not the muppets actually show up to stand in their places and read their lines.
Take back the GOP and Restore America Now.
They are
paid to.
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our Liberty. -Thomas Jefferson
i hope some day
i too can afford a vacation.
"The two weakest arguments for any issue on the House floor are moral and constitutional"
Ron Paul
Because they are politicians first, and "do'ers" second.
They need to ensure that they are voted back in.
Challengers are turning up the heat right now and if our elected officials don't get reelected many will not be back next term.
They care about their jobs more than the problems of the country.
The Funeral.
American Democracy — The Funeral -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKkMiiEfbJo&feature=em-subs_d...
Tick$ & http://www.UsDebtClock.org ~
Trick$ - http://www.economist.com/content/global_debt_clock
I want congress to "accomplish" even less...
How do you think we got our bloated,unsustainable, and overreaching government in the first place.
U$ Congress Bows to Zion.
so many weird things are happening in & out of the corridors of congress, the list will be long. there is a funny saying = "When congress is in session whores hit Washington-DC". You have to recognize the panderers.
"The Death of American Democracy" -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK7SRYp4sBc
"AIPAC PAID 81 CONGRESS' VACATIONS In ISRAEL" -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IVuiubScco
Tick$ & http://www.UsDebtClock.org ~
Trick$ - http://www.economist.com/content/global_debt_clock
Don't question it.
Just count it a blessing, and give thanks.
"This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer." -- Will Rogers
Recommended reading: The Most Dangerous Superstition, http://www.amazon.com/Most-Dangerous-Superstition-Larken-Ros...
"We should be grateful..."
..said Will, also, "that we don't get all the government that we pay for."
West of 89
a novel of another america
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/161155#longdescr
Please, vote this up if you think it deserves traction
Please, vote this up if you think it deserves traction of our attention, here on the Daily Paul.
Of course, I know we can't do much about this sly and cowardly inconspicuous surrendering of congress before their functions, I'm not that delusional.
However :
this calls for EVEN MORE OF OUR ATTENTION on what we see reported on the medias about the Gov't agenda ! (with or without the pres. campaign as an excuse)
EYES WIDE OPEN !
My name's pronounced like "see real". Its root is "Lord".
"The demand of a great people is always at the scale of its most serious misfortunes." --De Gaulle
http://Laissez-Faire.Me/Liberty
They need
to sit back and reflect on the damage they cause.
Luke 3:38
Isaiah 43:3-5
Amen. Will any of them do so,
Amen.
Will any of them do so, though ?
I think I'd almost pray for that.
:(
My name's pronounced like "see real". Its root is "Lord".
"The demand of a great people is always at the scale of its most serious misfortunes." --De Gaulle
http://Laissez-Faire.Me/Liberty
I wish they'd take a
I wish they'd take a perminant vacation, along with the rest of government.
You bet
"... along with the rest of government."
YOU BET I WISH, TOO !
My name's pronounced like "see real". Its root is "Lord".
"The demand of a great people is always at the scale of its most serious misfortunes." --De Gaulle
http://Laissez-Faire.Me/Liberty
(12 days/year of PTO on my end, already half consumed)
(Dunno about you guys, but I'll have cumulated barely above 2 weeks (12 days) of PTO, by end of year, for a full year. Of course, can't complain, I have a great job that allows me to contribute $1600+/month taxes to our dear Federal Government, not counting the state of California taxes. And that'd be twice as much THEFT if I were still in France. Tell me about relativity ! YMMV)
My name's pronounced like "see real". Its root is "Lord".
"The demand of a great people is always at the scale of its most serious misfortunes." --De Gaulle
http://Laissez-Faire.Me/Liberty
They don't give a crap about the country!!!
They are all paid off!!!!
+1. I was somehow "counting" on a few
I was somehow "counting" on at least a few of them to not let the crazy government get totally loose ... I'm so naive sometimes !
Big OUCH ! When I saw that.
:'(
Hold tight, folks.
It's no good omen.
God Protect Us !
My name's pronounced like "see real". Its root is "Lord".
"The demand of a great people is always at the scale of its most serious misfortunes." --De Gaulle
http://Laissez-Faire.Me/Liberty
If they aren't going to keep
If they aren't going to keep checks and balances on the Executive and Judicial branches I wish they would would extend their vacation.
BUMP
.
My name's pronounced like "see real". Its root is "Lord".
"The demand of a great people is always at the scale of its most serious misfortunes." --De Gaulle
http://Laissez-Faire.Me/Liberty