More Political Games

Since the election, the White House and Congress have been bragging about how they "roll up the sleeves to go to work for the American people." What a crock. That is what this collection of thieves gets paid to do, govern the nation. One day they are on track to an agreement, the next day, they are not.

The latest game is a squabble, so the Republicans plan another vote on "plan B" which they know will not pass. It is kind of like their budgets they pass knowing they will fail instead of governing. Now, just a few minutes ago, it was announced that the House will not vote on "plan B" tonight. No doubt the poor babies are worn out.

Every Congressman in office should be in prison for theft, bibery, failure to carry out the duties of their office, and gross incompetence.

http://news.yahoo.com/house-gop-puts-off-vote-plan-b-011422893--finance.html

The Senate is just as bad. They play political games on the opposite side. When are we going to elect leaders that know how to govern regardless of political philosophy of liberal or conservative?

 

I will be glad to. In the first place, someone said that about over 95% of their Congressional represenatives and reelected them. We have the same Congress, and the same result. As far as your particular Congress person, when voting against tax increases, and voting to cut spending, she was voting for bills that she knew would fail. In other words, she failed to govern and failed to carry out her mandated duties to govern. She collected a full year's pay check by taking off more days than she worked. She evidently did not work with the other side to govern. Most likely, she supported the election of this Speaker of the House who has failed to lead, yet she follows his cues. Need I go on?

Collecting a paycheck without doing your job is theft, and in this case, theft of the American taxpayer.

 

Therefore, she is no longer your Congressional represenative. Starting January 4th, the new Congress meets.

To address your other point, Congress worked 109 out of 365 days in 2012.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20126778-503544/house-plans-only-109-workdays-in-2012/

 

Yes, and no doubt amazing things will be accomplished in nine days that did not get done in four years. You act like you are amazed that she was beaten. You live in NY, one of the most liberal states in America. 21 of 26 reps are Democrat.

Some days yes and some no. What I cannot understand is why are you defending such a work record and schedule in a job that requires service, leadership, sacrifice and a sense of duty? The job is to govern, not to play patty cake with the folks back home and prepare for the next election. If she did not want the job, she should not have run for it. To ask the question, does 109 days include committee days, what are you trying to do, get her total up to 135 days?

I work, in retirement, at an adult day care in a mental health facility, fifty hours a week. In terms of a eight hour day, that is 312 days a year. That does not include the time at church and with my family.

Roll up their sleeves and go to work for the American people, what a crock, to be nice about it.

 

On your first point, what I cannot believe is your defending such gross incompetence and over one half of a year of having a party. You keep emphasizing trips back home to communicate with the voters. As part of their outrageous salary and expenses, many millions of dollars are spent to supply each Congress person several staff people. Their job is to take care of handling problems of voters, inquiries, recognition, etc. Who is paying for their trips back home? Even if they went back once a month, they would still not even approach a half year of work. How much time is spent, at our expense, in overseas "investigatory trips?"

I will attempt to answer your last two questions, but hundreds of threads have been spent on Obama, his leftist agenda, and his lack of leadership. Congress has not even started to be discussed.

As to your last question, of course it would not be acceptable with the figures you propose on either side. The job of the President, and the Congress is to govern this nation in a competent manner that is fair and just to all. If both sides had a heart for serving instead of taking, this would never have been a problem. The fact there is a fiscal cliff at all or a debt ceiling that is voted on every six months says loud and clear no one is doing their job. If the President and Congress were there to serve us, this would have been solved months, no years ago. To ask what level is acceptable 35%, 45, 55 etc, is the wrong question to ask. The question we should be asking is why do we keep reelecting people who are greedy self centered pigs that have no leadership ability.

When there is a question that comes out that has a lot of numbers in it, as is on the news daily, then the question is framed to excuse the President and Congress from carrying out the duties they were elected to.

 

If your reps stand on principles, and there are voters in each of the 435 districts that say the same thing, then why is Congress in the shape that it is? Also, you just said a liberal won in your district. Are you trusting that person to stand on principles?

Salty, you are one of the few people I respect without question on the issue of politics, government and history. We do agree 99% of the time, and do not want you to think I think any less of your expertise. I know you served in the armed forces, and have been involved in the political process, and that puts you light years ahead of most of the others. This is just to let you know that I always enjoy and respect your posts.

There are two posters that linger in the political section and others at times that never served in the armed forces, never worked in government, never participated in th political process beyond voting (if that) who claim superior knowledge. One claims it in the theological area, and the other claims it in are international arena in the form of conspiracies that may or may not be true.