Wednesday, December 6, 2006
That’s not a 5-day work week
I don’t know what is more ridiculous. Republican congressmen that think a 5-day work week is too brutal or Democratic congressmen that think Monday night to Friday afternoon constitutes a work week. It seems to me that neither group has any understanding what the American worker does each and every week.
Not that it should be any surprise.
Next year, members of the House will be expected in the Capitol for votes each week by 6:30 p.m. Monday and will finish their business about 2 p.m. Friday, Hoyer said.
With the hours they will be working, it’s a wonder they even qualify for medical benefits. It almost seems like they are working part-time. Sort of.
This from the Republican viewpoint:
“Keeping us up here eats away at families,” said Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), who typically flies home on Thursdays and returns to Washington on Tuesdays. “Marriages suffer. The Democrats could care less about families — that’s what this says.”
Those mean Democrats. They want members of congress to actually work. They want to keep congressmen like Jack Kingston away from their families. I guess that’s why they refer to it as public service. As in they are serving their nation. Whining about time away from the wife and kids sounds pathetic.
They had no problem sending American service members off to Iraq. I know Representative Jack Kingston enjoys posing with American service members when they come back from Iraq. I bet a lot of them want to be home with their wife and kids too. Instead, they are in Iraq stuck in the middle of a civil war. Maybe next time congressmen Jack Kingston uses an American soldier back from Iraq as a prop in a photo, he can tell them about the hardship for working a 5-day work week.
UPDATE - While Representative Jack Kingston (R-Ga) was whining about having to actually work five whole days a week in Washington DC, 10 more American GI’s were killed in Iraq today.
5-day work week is a Capitol Hill culture shock [Washington Post]
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That was well said Rick, I couldn’t agree more on your point. Soldiers die everyday in Iraq, while the pencil pushers complain about marriage and family time. When they are killing family members. The congress is full of ignorant and selfish fools.
MAYBE THE CONGRESSMEN SHOULD TRY AND LIVE ONE WEEK IN THE FOOT SOLDIER,S LIFE,BEFORE BECOMING A SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE???? LET THEM FEEL THE POUNDING OF THEIR HEARTS AT THE LEAST LITTLE SOUND. WELL IT WAS JUST A THOUGHT.