Senate Votes to Keep Automatic Pay Increase


	Senate Votes to Keep Automatic Pay Increase

ColoradoRight

3-11-2009 12:30 PM

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senate, pay, government, idiots, twits, pork, theft

ColoradoRight says:

Hogs at the trough

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3-11-2009 3:47 PM

dl211

what they are in need of are automatic boots to their ass once a day...

3-11-2009 5:00 PM

merrie

how about term limits? Until that's enacted, vote them out each election!

3-11-2009 5:39 PM

burndata0

New pres, same ole Washington.

3-11-2009 8:37 PM

jatfla

They are lower than used-car salesmen...and my apologizes to car salesmen.

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