AMERICAblog: During this season of giving, sponsor an executive
Rufus
· 11 months ago
I wanna be sponsored. Oh, you betcha.
cole3244
· 11 months ago
thanks for reminding me that even slug ceo's have a softer side, this really left a lump in my throat, whether this is a gag reflex or not i'm not sure but its the thought that counts.
network1
· 11 months ago
Just not as effective without Sally Struthers with a chicken bone to her mouth and a skinny child on her lap.
Patrick in Madison
· 11 months ago
SUN., DEC 28, 2008 Wisconsin State Journal SAT., DEC 27, 2008 - 6:19 PM Two lawmakers to refuse raise By JASON STEIN Wisconsin State Journal
At least two lawmakers won't be taking the 5.3 percent pay raise scheduled for their colleagues next year.
Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, said Friday he will turn down the $2,530 pay increase, which would increase lawmakers' salaries to $49,943, if it goes through. Erpenbach, who is up for re-election in 2010, said he never accepts mid-term pay increases and sends the money back to the Senate chief clerk.
Rep. Bob Ziegelbauer, D-Manitowoc, who also is Manitowoc County executive, said he wouldn't accept the increase.
If most lawmakers accept their pay raises, Erpenbach said, it could make it more challenging for the Legislature to ask other parts of state government to sacrifice to solve a $5.4 billion projected budget shortfall.
"If they have to make changes but we don't, I think it makes it much more difficult," said Erpenbach.
Ziegelbauer said he also supports making the full Legislature vote on pay increases for lawmakers, rather than leaving it up to an eight-member committee as it is now done.
The pay increase, which would cost about $334,000 for all lawmakers, amounts to a 5.3 percent raise over two years.
SCLiberal
· 11 months ago
Sounds exactly like what Senator Russ Feingold (D, WI) has been doing for years.
James McConnell
· 11 months ago
My God! What the billionaires haven't been able to loot, what they haven't been able to destroy in their scorched earth policy, we will now sell to them at fire sale prices, for less than it cost us taxpayers to build in the first place.
It's reeeel simple. If there are all these billions of dollars in private hands, there is enough to pay our bills ......if we will just have the guts to tax it away from them. ENOUGH ALREADY!
ROFL that is to damn funny. "for just the cost of 1,000 lates a day". Thanks for sharing this... it picked my day up.
rjb7574
· 11 months ago
Sorry if I seem too serious, however, while I know it was meant as satire, I didn't find it particularly funny, considering the truly sorry state of some of my friends. When are we going to hold these people accountable? When are the damn Democrats who now have some power, going to get some backbone?
vkobaya
· 11 months ago
The Damnocrats have backbone, they have lots of spine. It takes lots and lots of courage to look the voters in the eye and lie to them, to betray them and violate their sworn oaths of office. And takes lots courage to join Bush in smirking, giggling and laughing their heads off at the suckers, fools, gulls, marks, and cons who fall for voting for them, believe that these pieces of shit who tell us they are against Bush really are just like Bush, also in the pockets, owned body and soul, corrupted by the corporations.
John
· 11 months ago
Not to worry Chris, there's still some hope. The signal that things are going to change financially is the stealth move in gold and silver. It started about two weeks ago and this past Friday it shot up $23 while this evening in Asia it's up another $17. It may not sound like a big deal, but it is because when the metals rise, the dollar falls and it falls because Paulson, Bernanke and Bush have killed what little confidence in our financial system there was and the rst of the wolrd is responding by selling dollars and using those worthless dollars to buy real money, gold and silver. Hopefully this will be the begining of the end for the Federal Reserve and a return to an honest money system. One not built on debt, but hard assetts.
Indigo
· 11 months ago
Clever but it needs more sincerity. The spokeswoman had too much Marie Osmond tremolo in her voice. It made her sound satirical rather than sincere. Good effort!
Nick
· 11 months ago
i know i shouldn't think this is funny, esp in my sad economic state, but it is!
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Wisconsin State Journal
SAT., DEC 27, 2008 - 6:19 PM
Two lawmakers to refuse raise
By JASON STEIN Wisconsin State Journal
At least two lawmakers won't be taking the 5.3 percent pay raise scheduled for their colleagues next year.
Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, said Friday he will turn down the $2,530 pay increase, which would increase lawmakers' salaries to $49,943, if it goes through. Erpenbach, who is up for re-election in 2010, said he never accepts mid-term pay increases and sends the money back to the Senate chief clerk.
Rep. Bob Ziegelbauer, D-Manitowoc, who also is Manitowoc County executive, said he wouldn't accept the increase.
If most lawmakers accept their pay raises, Erpenbach said, it could make it more challenging for the Legislature to ask other parts of state government to sacrifice to solve a $5.4 billion projected budget shortfall.
"If they have to make changes but we don't, I think it makes it much more difficult," said Erpenbach.
Ziegelbauer said he also supports making the full Legislature vote on pay increases for lawmakers, rather than leaving it up to an eight-member committee as it is now done.
The pay increase, which would cost about $334,000 for all lawmakers, amounts to a 5.3 percent raise over two years.
It's reeeel simple. If there are all these billions of dollars in private hands, there is enough to pay our bills ......if we will just have the guts to tax it away from them. ENOUGH ALREADY!
It may not sound like a big deal, but it is because when the metals rise, the dollar falls and it falls because Paulson, Bernanke and Bush have killed what little confidence in our financial system there was and the rst of the wolrd is responding by selling dollars and using those worthless dollars to buy real money, gold and silver. Hopefully this will be the begining of the end for the Federal Reserve and a return to an honest money system. One not built on debt, but hard assetts.
here are some of my fav web satires: http://tv1.com/playlists/104
Wow! Them exec's is sure some expensive whores!
How' bout some cheap whores? CHRISTMAS: THE DAY AFTER.
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