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cronic

05-08-2008, 01:19 AM

Just wanted to pass along an email I got.
Im not trying to make any statements..

Just sharing
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> NBA OR NFL?
>
>
> 36
> have been accused of spousal abuse
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> 7
> have been arrested for fraud
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> 19
> have been accused of writing bad checks
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> 117
> have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
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> 3
> have done time for assault
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> 71,
> repeat
> 71
> cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
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> 14
> have been arrested on drug-related charges
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> 8
> have been arrested for shoplifting
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> 21
> currently
> are defendants in lawsuits
> and
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> 84
> have been arrested for drunk driving
> in
> the last year
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>
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> Can
> you guess which organization this is?
>
> NBA or NFL ?
>
> Give
> up yet?
> Scroll down,
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> Neither,
> it's the 535 members of
> the
> United States
> Congress.
> The same group
> of idiots
> that crank out
> hundreds of new laws
> each year
> designed to keep
> the rest of us in line.
>
>
>
>
> You
> gotta pass
> this one
> on!
>
>
> AND THEY JUST VOTED THEMSELVES A $15,000 PER MONTH
> PENSION FOR LIFE AFTER SERVING ONLY ONE TERM IN
> CONGRESS !!!
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I'm not even sure this is accurate but if it is.. wow,, 84 out of 535 has had dui's?..
Whats that?.. 1 of every 6?
YIKESSSS:help:.... I guess that is a statement.. lol

micfranklin

05-08-2008, 01:23 AM

You know what the worst part is? The absolute worst and scariest thing about all of that?

We elect them.

Elrathin

05-08-2008, 01:26 AM

I don't think the 15,000 per month is actually true, but I'd have to check on that.

NortheastCynic

05-08-2008, 01:27 AM

Yeah, that does seem like a bit much.

-NC

Buck Laser

05-08-2008, 03:06 AM

I'll bet that if you check this out on Snopes.com, it'll turn out to be phony. You can bet on that.

Don't be so quick to believe what you read in an email.

micfranklin

05-08-2008, 03:07 AM

At least one of those has to be true though.

Elrathin

05-08-2008, 03:44 AM

I'll bet that if you check this out on Snopes.com, it'll turn out to be phony. You can bet on that.

Don't be so quick to believe what you read in an email.

Thanks Buck, did just that. Here it is and it is false. It is explained at the bottom, the average pension as of 1998 (Anually) was $50,616 for those that retired under CSRS and $46,908 for those that retired under FERS

http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/pensions.asp

Here is the actual Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress PDF in case anyone was interested

http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30631.pdf

4Reaganomics

05-08-2008, 06:23 AM

15K a month isn't the least bit believable to even include in the e-mail, the imbeciles could have at least picked a more realistic number when they sent it out.

I'm surprised this e-mail didn't include one murderer in Sen. Ted Kennedy.

cronic

05-08-2008, 07:03 AM