Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 09, 2009
January 08, 2009
January 10, 2009
Transcript:
Joe: ... and here to help us understand how the economy works is the Senator T. Bone Skidmark... Man: Howdy! Joe: After one term, you've become a millionaire in a job that only pays $169,300 a year... can you tell us your secret to financial success in these tough times? Man: Um... yer breakin' up, Joe... Joe: You're not a cellphone, sir. Man: Whatever. Gotta go now! Joe: Yes, you do.
wndrwrthg almost 16 years ago
Post Haste and with a rail up your backside.
Net1360 almost 16 years ago
Another one of those “and have everyone else do it too?”, type of people. This is I why I wish people have the ability to read other people’s minds.
Digital Frog almost 16 years ago
I knew you were going to say that Net1360…
Logicman almost 16 years ago
Too funny –
But wait a minute ONLY pays $169,300 a year? This would be a meaning of the word ‘only’ with which I was not previously acquainted. :o
NicodemusLegend almost 16 years ago
“Only” works just fine in the immediate context of “you’ve become a millionaire.”
But your point is taken. That’s quite a few YEARS worth of pay for me.
gigabyte03 almost 16 years ago
Logicman: Excellent avatar!
lazygrazer almost 16 years ago
These meager six-figure incomes for the elected servants of the people is what’s forcing these poor guys to resort to crime.
Shame on us!
Dutchboy1 almost 16 years ago
When this country started, elected officials didn’t get paid at all. They did it out of love for their country, not for money or power.
Wildmustang1262 almost 16 years ago
Make those greedy thugs paying us for our financial budgets.
treered almost 16 years ago
you know, some of them did the old fashioned way, they married it!
cweirauch almost 16 years ago
“These meager six-figure incomes for the elected servants of the people is what’s forcing these poor guys to resort to crime.”
I’m grazer had his tongue firmly planeted in his cheek but when the averege House race, to be truly competitive costs close to a 3/4 of a million per candidate the need to raise that kind of cash brings out the worst habits. Fortunately out of 535 in congress we only hear about a few of the worst apples.
steverinoCT almost 16 years ago
I don’t object to the pay. They have to maintain two residences, and travel back and forth, etc. etc. Those who aren’t already well-off seem to be just getting by. The pay-off is after you leave office and become a lobbyist.
yggdrasil75 almost 2 years ago
true blue socialist right there. thanks bernie for your $40 million and nancy for your $130 mil.