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	<title>Comments on: Congress Votes Self $3,100 Pay Raise</title>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/congress_votes_self_3100_pay_raise/comment-page-1/#comment-65787</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2005 11:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: The Urban Grind &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Milking Taxpayers Like Cows</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/congress_votes_self_3100_pay_raise/comment-page-1/#comment-65260</link>
		<dc:creator>The Urban Grind &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Milking Taxpayers Like Cows</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Via Outside The Beltaway [...]</description>
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		<title>By: anjin-san</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/congress_votes_self_3100_pay_raise/comment-page-1/#comment-65241</link>
		<dc:creator>anjin-san</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Spend, Spend. Spend.

Has Bush vetoed a single spending bill yet?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spend, Spend. Spend.</p>
<p>Has Bush vetoed a single spending bill yet?</p>
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		<title>By: DL</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/congress_votes_self_3100_pay_raise/comment-page-1/#comment-65227</link>
		<dc:creator>DL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think $3100 is a fair price to  pay a congressman, but no more!

I&#039;d love to pay them merit pay, based upon the number of laws they retract!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think $3100 is a fair price to  pay a congressman, but no more!</p>
<p>I'd love to pay them merit pay, based upon the number of laws they retract!</p>
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		<title>By: Bithead</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/congress_votes_self_3100_pay_raise/comment-page-1/#comment-65226</link>
		<dc:creator>Bithead</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;The strange part of the process, really, is that Congress does not simply have an across-the-board COLA that would affect all federal employees and pensioners equally. Instead, they play political games and give larger pay raises to, say, the military than, say, federal civil service employees. This, in turn, belies the argument that they are COLAs at all since, presumably, the cost of living goes up evenly for people living in a giving region.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

(Shrug) One other idea here that is perhaps somewhat better sounding is that the military has been underpaid versus Civilian workers for some years now, and &lt;em&gt;this &lt;/em&gt;imbalance is an attempt to repair the &lt;em&gt;historical&lt;/em&gt; one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The strange part of the process, really, is that Congress does not simply have an across-the-board COLA that would affect all federal employees and pensioners equally. Instead, they play political games and give larger pay raises to, say, the military than, say, federal civil service employees. This, in turn, belies the argument that they are COLAs at all since, presumably, the cost of living goes up evenly for people living in a giving region.</p></blockquote>
<p>(Shrug) One other idea here that is perhaps somewhat better sounding is that the military has been underpaid versus Civilian workers for some years now, and <em>this </em>imbalance is an attempt to repair the <em>historical</em> one.</p>
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		<title>By: Diggers Realm</title>
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		<dc:creator>Diggers Realm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2005 05:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Around The Blogosphere #29&lt;/strong&gt;

The &quot;Decaffeinated Muslim 9th Circuit&quot; edition in the continuing saga of interesting and thought provoking news from around the web. There&#039;s sure to be something you&#039;ve missed around the blogosphere. (All links open in a new window for faster cruis...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Around The Blogosphere #29</strong></p>
<p>The "Decaffeinated Muslim 9th Circuit" edition in the continuing saga of interesting and thought provoking news from around the web. There's sure to be something you've missed around the blogosphere. (All links open in a new window for faster cruis...</p>
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		<title>By: RJN</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/congress_votes_self_3100_pay_raise/comment-page-1/#comment-65177</link>
		<dc:creator>RJN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Part of a pay raise is certainly a pay raise if it is an inducement to remain on the payroll. 

It is Saturday, and I am bored with the college football.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Part of a pay raise is certainly a pay raise if it is an inducement to remain on the payroll. </p>
<p>It is Saturday, and I am bored with the college football.</p>
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