by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:
The Swamp does not intend to go quietly into the night. Just last month, the American people elected Donald Trump, and Trump received tremendous praise for appointing Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head up a “Department of Government Efficiency” which will attempt to greatly reduce government waste. Even many on the left are excited to see what Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy can do once Trump takes office. But for the moment, it is business as usual in Washington, and our Congress critters are poised to substantially increase government spending and government waste. House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing a 1,547 page “continuing resolution” that is absolutely loaded with pork. Johnson personally negotiated this deal with the Democrats, and ultimately he gave the Democrats almost everything that they wanted. Needless to say, a lot of Republican members of Congress are very upset about this…
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Republicans are bristling at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over the 1,547-page spending deal released mere days ahead of the deadline, full of pork and disappointment.
The continuing resolution (CR) released Tuesday night — negotiated on the GOP side by Johnson — includes tens of billions of dollars in waste and includes funding for controversial items, including a pay raise for members of Congress as well as a one-year extension of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), which funds organizations that censor conservative media including Breitbart News.
On a personal level, Mike Johnson seems like a very nice guy.
In fact, he is the kind of guy that you might want to have next door as a neighbor.
But he simply does not have what it takes to negotiate with Chuckie Schumer.
There have been a lot of really bad spending bills that have been pushed through Congress in recent years, but this is one of the worst.
After seeing this bill, Elon Musk warned that any member of Congress that votes for it could soon be voted out…
Billionaire Musk, who is heading up Trump’s DOGE agency with Vivek Ramaswamy, is leading the charge to slap down the bill he calls a ‘piece of pork.’
He went so far as to threaten any Republican who votes for the measure, saying they’ll be fired from Congress next election.
‘Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!’
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the American people started holding members of Congress that endlessly waste our money accountable?
I would love to see that.
Musk was particular horrified that this bill would raise congressional salaries by about 40 percent…
But Musk is taking issue with a provision to bump up members of Congress’ pay from $174,000 – a level set in 2009 – to $243,300 per year and other measures.
‘How can this be called a ‘continuing resolution’ if it includes a 40 percent pay increase for Congress?’ he questioned.
Considering how much the rest of the country is suffering right now, do our members of Congress really deserve a 40 percent pay hike?
Of course not.
If they want to be “public servants”, we should pay them like servants.
It is sickening that these fat cats will be paid $243,000 a year while hard working Americans are spending hours in line at food banks all over the nation.
Thankfully, there are some members of Congress that are standing up against this bill. One of them is U.S. Representative Eric Burlison…
“It’s a total dumpster fire. I think it’s garbage,” said Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. “This is what Washington, D.C., has done. This is why I ran for Congress, to try to stop this. And sadly, this is happening again.”
“We get this negotiated crap, and we’re forced to eat this crap sandwich,” echoed Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), another Freedom Caucus member. “Why? Because freaking Christmas is right around the corner. It’s the same dang thing every year. Legislate by crisis, legislate by calendar. Not legislate because it’s the right thing to do.”
Every year, our Congress critters love to push through legislation while most of the population is distracted by the holidays.
Why do we need this bill anyway?
Why can’t we just send the government on “vacation” for about a month until Trump is inaugurated?
Once Trump gets in, his people will hopefully be able to negotiate a much better spending deal.
It will be very interesting to see how the vote on this bill goes. At this point, many Republicans are pledging to vote against it.
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