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April 3rd, 2009 at 9:04 pm
I’m pretty sure this bonus comes directly from Tsongas, i.e. it doesn’t cost the taxpayers anything. I don’t see anything wrong, symbolically or otherwise. Almost all staffers are paid very, very meager salaries and could leave Capitol Hill and instantly earn more, even in these economic climates. Congresscritters should be willing to supplament their hard work and *very* long hours if they’re able to do so.
April 3rd, 2009 at 9:05 pm
(Not to mention, it’s very expensive to live in DC. Even with these meager bonuses, none of these staffers are living in penthouses… almost all of them probably have at least one roomate, if not 2 or 3. I did an internship in DC and was one of 4 in a 2 bedroom apartment.
April 3rd, 2009 at 9:11 pm
She is completely put of touch with what is happening in the “real” world!
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Ryan… from Niki’s own personal acct? Her campaign acct? Or her budget, as it is allocated through the House, which is still tax payer dollars.
Relative to bonuses given by other Reps, it would appear she was much more frugal.
Just an FYI, most folks don’t get bonuses, nor do they make $100K per year with airfare & other travel expenses that are reimburseable
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:55 pm
I am busting my butt at work more than ever and my company told me and all my co-workers that there will be no raises this year. I didn’t hear a single complaint.
I have sent Niki Tsongas numerous letters over the past several months - which I’m sure some of her staffers have read. They all read about the same - “STOP WASTING MY MONEY!”
So many of the action she’s taken during her brief tenure have been a slap in my face and my wallet.
April 4th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Ryan:
According to Murphy’s article the funds came from “surplus money in their office budgets. Otherwise, that money would have to be forfeited if not spent before the end of the year.”
So the $9.1 million given out by Congress to their staff would have gone back to “our pockets.”
April 4th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
I liked Evan Lehman but he was far from impartial - very liberal.
April 5th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Surplus money?? Forfeited?? Back to the Treasury?? NFW!! Spend it!! I’ve been a democrat since before I was born but let’s set an example here. How can she criticize the corporate greed when she wouldn’t give back money she really didn’t need??
April 6th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Ryan, brian martin does not live in washington
he lives here in lowell with his late brothers wife
he already has 2 pensions on file already with the city
how much of my money does he need ???
shame on nicola !!!
April 6th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Surplusses in line-items can’t just be reallocated on a whim. If that money was allocated to offices it can either be distributed to staff or disappear. Now if these same members of Congress start squaking for an allowance increase because they can’t afford to run their office, then I’d be concerned.