Killjoys Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner announced the end of the 200-year-old House Page program for budgetary reasons, because it was somehow costing the government $5 million a year to educate and employ 70 high school students. That is what, the same as the budget for all of America's thousands of other crappy public high schools combined? How about that! Anyway, this is all Very Sad. Everyone remembers
Bear with me, as math isn't my forte. Pages are paid at an annual rate of $20181 (and $20491--Senate, but this sounds like just the House?) and pay $400/month out of that pay towards room and board. 72 in the House.
$1,453,032 for the House in "salary" for these kids. Which is not the same as $5M. Where's the rest go? Rent/property taxes on the dorms or the hush money/abortion fund? Also, too, couldn't that difference fund NPR for approximately the rest of my miserable existence?
Oscar Wilde had served his time in Redding Goal, as a result of his love that dare not speak its name. A few days later, a friend found Wilde embracing a hotel bellboy.
"But Oscar, you said you would turn over a new leaf!"
"Yes, but I haven't yet gotten to the bottom of the page."
Another classic joke falls into antiquity: Why don't congressmen use bookmarks? Because they prefer to bend over their pages!
$5 million? That's a lot for condoms and lube!
Bear with me, as math isn't my forte. Pages are paid at an annual rate of $20181 (and $20491--Senate, but this sounds like just the House?) and pay $400/month out of that pay towards room and board. 72 in the House.
$1,453,032 for the House in "salary" for these kids. Which is not the same as $5M. Where's the rest go? Rent/property taxes on the dorms or the hush money/abortion fund? Also, too, couldn't that difference fund NPR for approximately the rest of my miserable existence?
Oscar Wilde had served his time in Redding Goal, as a result of his love that dare not speak its name. A few days later, a friend found Wilde embracing a hotel bellboy.
"But Oscar, you said you would turn over a new leaf!"
"Yes, but I haven't yet gotten to the bottom of the page."
In the new austerity climate, will our legislators be consistent, and decrease the size of their staffs, their salaries, and their benefits?
Hahaha. The Debt Patrol peabrains don't skimp on the Hoverounds, either.
Mmmm.... Super Pages!
They seem happy enough (98%!) making Obama fulfill their perverse wishes.