Re: Hail to the Chief

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Seems like US Senators only receive $275,000. a year plus free health care
after they retire - I don't know how they get by on such a small figure.

"JW" <jweb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Can someone tell me why we let these people have an unbelievable salary
> while in office and then pay them for the rest of their life or spouses
> life?
> I don't recall anyone ever putting this to a vote in my lifetime.
>
> "Jackcsg" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> Jackcsg wrote:
>>> > Thanks for the quote Allan. Democracy is turning into a religion, it's
>> how
>>> > you interpret it on any given day.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Ya know what Jack? I think about says everything
>>> that is true today about democracy, in the US,
>>> in the fewest words possible.
>>>
>>> That's going up on my bulletin board.
>>>
>>> I think something like below was said by someone
>>> from the ACLU once
>>>
>>> The Constitution is document with ever changing
>>> meaning.
>>>
>>> Douhhhh! Yeah, sure.
>>
>> Thanks Jim. Our founding fathers wrote the constitution for protecting
>> the
>> people, in turn the people formed the Government(s), which in turn
>> protects
>> itself from the people.
>> Once you realize this contradiction, it all starts to make sense....that
>> it
>> makes no sense.
>>
>>
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