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DemocraticVoiceOfReason
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The Democrats in Congress have been whining that they can't make ends meet on their teeny-tiny $165,200 a year budget.   They can't afford to buy lunch in the (in their words) expensive House cafeterias.  Below are the links to the most recent menus at the SIX tax-payer subsidized eating venues available just on the House of Representatives side of Capitol Hill.   Take a look at how expensive the meals actually are and you will probably agree that these representative deserve to be kicked out of Congress and replaced by more reasonable folks who actually have a grip on what REAL LIFE is like in America.

http://radining.compass-usa.com/ushouse/Documents/Menus/Longworth.pdf

http://radining.compass-usa.com/ushouse/Documents/Menus/RAYBURN.pdf

http://radining.compass-usa.com/ushouse/Documents/Menus/DELI.pdf

http://radining.compass-usa.com/ushouse/Documents/Menus/Cannon.pdf

http://radining.compass-usa.com/ushouse/Documents/Menus/FORD.pdf

http://radining.compass-usa.com/ushouse/Documents/Menus/CM.pdf


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And DV, are you man enough to explain why King Philip can't pay taxes?

How about Francesco Galesi, can you address why financially struggling homeowners in Schenectady, with average income of $37,000 should be forced to pay for the property taxes of Galesi the billionaire --- and it's YOUR BUDDY DEMS that have ordered the homeowners to pay!!!!!!!!!

Are you MAN ENOUGH to explain why the financially struggling homeowners in the city should be forced---BY YOUR BUDDY DEMS--to pay the taxes for the Hilton familiy?

How about stating why the homeowners the long time taxpaying business downtown---Mr James hair stylist---had to pay the taxes for his competitor, the Forbes BILLIONIARE Paul Mitchell?????


Can you answer those?????     Are you MAN ENOUGH to answer or too much of CHICKEN??????????








Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent.  
Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and
speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
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Our representatives in Congress get paid well above the pay of their average constituent and then get so many other tax-payer funded extras including staff, money for travel to and from their district and - often - tax-payer funded junkets to foreign countries.  No wonder Obama and the Democrats have not put forward a Federal budget in 5 years -- they can't figure out how to afford living on 6 figure incomes which are at least twice the average income that most Americans make.


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They need to be replaced with unemployed bookkeepers that understand spending limits.
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After looking at these menus (choices and prices) and hearing the complaints from those Democrats in Congress on how they can't afford to eat lunch on their salary and then comparing those menus to the menus (choices and prices) in our local public schools or even at the various local senior center cafeterias, one wonders what planet these so-called representatives came from.  

I would suggest that we LOWER the salaries of our members of Congress but then they would just find ways to "shake down" special interest groups for more money.  


George Amedore & Christian Klueg for NYS Senate 2016
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I would suggest that we LOWER the salaries of our members of Congress but then they would just find ways to "shake down" special interest groups for more money.  


I used to buy into the argument of paying elected representatives a high salary to prevent bribery, then I grew up and realized the greed has no limits.  It's like alcoholism, one is too many and one hundred isn't enough. You can pay these people a million dollars and they'll sell out their constituents for a dollar.  

Greed is a persons character.  And Americans love electing the richest and most greedy to represent them.  They elect millionaires to congress and then wonder why millionaires are the number one benefactor of public policy and the rest of the wage slaves are left scrounging for the crumbs.

This Memorial Day, we honor the poor men and women that laid their lives down in wars for profit, so the richest and greediest Americans can maintain their control of money and resources.  


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This Memorial Day weekend, we should host a telethon for those "poor, needy" Congress members who can't afford to buy lunch.   Our goal is to raise $3,477,000 -- or $2 from a little over 1.7 millions which help provide one cup of soup (1 cup of soup per member, Monday through Friday) from one of the Capitol Hill cafeterias so that these unfortunate souls will not go hungry.  If you are feeling extra generous, you can double your gift and we will through in a cup of coffee for each member.


George Amedore & Christian Klueg for NYS Senate 2016
Pete Vroman for State Assembly 2016[/size][/color]

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