The fiscal cliff

[Soar]

Just go off the "cliff" No one has a real plan. Each member of Congress gets paid 174,000 a year. Think they are worth that? I sure as hell don't. Think they even care? I don't. This whole thing is an embarrassment.

 

[RonG]

conservatives and democrats are all in this bed they made together ...

 

[Jack Brickman]

Just go off the "cliff" No one has a real plan. Each member of Congress gets paid 174,000 a year. Think they are worth that? I sure as hell don't. Think they even care? I don't. This whole thing is an embarrassment.

I think the salaries of people in Congress should be tied to their public approval rating. 174,000 can be the max if they achieve 100% approval. If they have 50% approval, they make half that: 87,000. That's still very generous and can easily be lived on. The lower their approval gets, the less money they get. Right now they're at ten percent (and that's being generous), which means their yearly salary would be 17,400. That seems about right given what a shitty job they're doing.

If we utilized this system, I guarantee you these greedy assholes would start working together and actually get shit done rather than sign pledges to never sign a single bill raising taxes or coming out and saying they'd refuse to work with their president.

 

[JDeezy]

I think the salaries of people in Congress should be tied to their public approval rating. 174,000 can be the max if they achieve 100% approval. If they have 50% approval, they make half that: 87,000.

This could be the most ill-concieved idea in this thread.

 

[Jack Brickman]

This could be the most ill-concieved idea in this thread.

Hey, it would get shit done, and it would ensure that Congress was actually acting on behalf of their constituents rather than the lobbyists, which is a huge problem right now. And aside from that, they're elected officials. Why shouldn't the approval of the voters factor in to how much these people get paid?

 

[Otsego Mar]

Just go off the "cliff" No one has a real plan. Each member of Congress gets paid 174,000 a year. Think they are worth that? I sure as hell don't. Think they even care? I don't. This whole thing is an embarrassment.

Ain't that the truth.

 

[Otsego Mar]

This could be the most ill-concieved idea in this thread.

Mind Control

 

[pr26]

Mind Control

Please stop inserting this shit in every thread on the board. I though the idea sucked too, but it's not because someone has "compromised" him.

 

[AZ_]

Please stop inserting this shit in every thread on the board. I though the idea sucked too, but it's not because someone has "compromised" him.

That's what trolling is.

Really, it's almost hypocritical when you consider he's trying to push his own objectives on everyone.

Desperate for attention, this is what people resort to.

 

[JDeezy]

That's what trolling is.

Really, it's almost hypocritical when you consider he's trying to push his own objectives on everyone.

Desperate for attention, this is what people resort to.

You make it sound like he thinks he's right. Trolling means he knows he's wrong, but has carefully constructed maddening arguments. Trolling is an art.

Have I just been trolled?

 

[KI4MVP]

Hey, it would get shit done, and it would ensure that Congress was actually acting on behalf of their constituents rather than the lobbyists, which is a huge problem right now. And aside from that, they're elected officials. Why shouldn't the approval of the voters factor in to how much these people get paid?

because they already spend too much of their time worrying about reelection than they do about doing their jobs, this would only make things worse. Sometimes the unpopular stand is the right thing to do.

 

[bcort]

Apparently tax rates were agreed upon late last night, but the WH throws a wrench in it today saying he won't do it unless sequester is taken off the table.

Nice job, Obama.



None of it matters, though. The only thing that did were spending cuts.

 

[KI4MVP]

don't they just want to delay the sequester to give more time to work out the spending cuts and the debate is how long to delay it? Nobody on either side wants the sequester to happen tomorrow.

Apparently they aren't extending the 2% payroll tax cut so payroll taxes will go up tomorrow.

 

[bcort]

don't they just want to delay the sequester to give more time to work out the spending cuts and the debate is how long to delay it? Nobody on either side wants the sequester to happen tomorrow.

We've already put cuts off for at least a year. The Dems have done nothing to give hope they can make the necessary cuts. Not that Republicans have either, but at least they're arguing for it now.

Boehner seems to be the only logical one in the discussion right now (as in, today), saying that he's not going to pass a bad bill just to get something done.

I also can't see just the tax hikes bill going through the House if this is how it remains (they still have some time to add cuts, but well, we'll see if that comes to fruition).

 

[KI4MVP]

517 days - that's how long congress has had to agree to tax cuts to avoid the sequester, both sides want to extend the deadline because they don't have enough time to figure out a solution.

12 years - that's how long since the temporary bush tax cuts were passed. Both sides want them extended or made permanent for most americans. With 8 hours left until they expire, they have yet to vote on it.