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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nRegulars here at This Ain’t Hell are more than aware that military retirees and disabled veterans have been under the gun when it comes to what we earned as far as benefits go. From as far back as 2009 when this administration tried to make us buy our own health insurance to cover our pre-existing conditions which are the result of our unflinching service to the country, Congress and the White House have focused on hiking our healthcare costs and cutting the meager pay and benefits we earned.<\/p>\n
Well, that inebriated sot, James Moran, Democrat congressman from northern Virginia has decided that those same Congressmen who want to penalize us for believing them, deserve more pay, according to Roll Call<\/a>;<\/p>\n Virginia Democrat James P. Moran said he plans to highlight the injustice by introducing an amendment to the Legislative Branch bill during its full committee markup, and at floor consideration of the bill. Moran made the comments while the bill that funds member\u2019s $174,000 salaries was being marked up in the Legislative Branch subcommittee.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the American people should know that the members of Congress are underpaid,\u201d Moran told CQ Roll Call. \u201cI understand that it\u2019s widely felt that they underperform, but the fact is that this is the board of directors for the largest economic entity in the world.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Says the guy who has a shorter commute to his home than most people who work in DC – a quick drive over the 14th Street Bridge into his district. Congressman, who work three days a week when they’re not on weeks-long “breaks” only gets paid $174,000\/year – if they did that for 52 weeks (and they don’t) it figures out to $139\/hour. When I lived in DC, I did just fine making $10\/hour when I started at my government job. In fact, every time I got a pay raise, that extra went into savings, so I lived on that same $10\/hour for the ten years that I lived in the DC Metro area.<\/p>\n But, yeah, cut the pay of veterans while you’re trying to raise your own pay – that doesn’t look greedy at all. Of course, Moran is retiring this year, so he’s leading this charge so no one who needs to win an election this year will look hypocritical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"