That makes ZERO sense. How much would YOU expect to be paid, to put up with all that crap? There isn't enough money in the WORLD to get me interested in participating in that mess. And exactly WHO should decide if these folks get a raise? They make the budget. They are in charge of the purse strings. That's how its set up.
The American people should never have to hear this sentence. If you cannot do your job and keep the government running just tell us. We will replace you with someone who can do the job. Sincerely, every sane American.
By keep the government running you mean funding 11 new bio weapons labs, or building a new stadium in WAshington DC, or funding gender studies in Pakistan? Literally wasting billions of dollars on stuff we don't need that does not benefit us and only burdens our great great grandchildren more and more debt to pay off? This government is corrupt. They spend money they don't have, on things nobody but them wants, and it's all to line the pockets of politicians and rich people. The government should NEVER be spending more than it brings in, if it was a business it would be bankrupt, a person, bankrupt. Government, oh no big deal we can just print more money and raise inflation and steal the wealth of our citizens to pay for the pork... Anyone who supports this crap is just smooth brained, you're literally supporting the fleecing of the American people by spending money they don't even have yet. Completely ridiculous, 75% of this government needs to be shut down. Why do we need 51 departments of education? We don't need any of this.
I had to skip christmas this year. Cant afford a single gift. I have rent, car insurance, gas, food. I cant wven buy a winter coat i just wear two hoodies. But lets give congress a fucking raise, right? Because over $100k a year just isnt enough for our lazy government. Guess they learned nothing about the luigi case
@@bakslayer3032Make interfering all over the globe great still is what's trying to be done with the USAID money for what return? So people that hate America don't hate us worse???
We are but we can’t do anything. The government is eagerly waiting for people to do something so they can declare them a threat and literally wipe anyone they want out. Which will immediately turn into a purging of anyone right leaning. The only people left will be these leftist sheep who happily fall in line.
Thats not true. Why are you lying? No raise in any of the three individual bills. And no debt ceiling increase or the funding for childhood cancer research.
Since obiden stole WH, they have had 3 raises maybe 4. The first one was 20% in April 2021 for inflation. Then Nasty Pelosi added $10k, a grand, for extra security. Next one was 8.5%. Next one was over 5%. Now this one was 40%. The greed is appalling !!!
Gotta love those republicans always wanting to stiff the American people! It really makes you wonder why people keep voting for them!! Oh yeah, no one actually PAYS ATTENTION to what's going on in politics. They're too worried about whether or not there's a TRANS KID being ALLOWED inside of a classroom! 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ Starting to feel like there's a huge problem with the education in this country. Cuz it seems like no one is getting an education anymore!
Because we keep voting people on both sides that should not be elected, maybe it's time to drop the voting for a party and actually vote for someone that will do the job.
@@sharpasacueball Oh, we know it. We know it and take you all too seriously. At least I do. It's a joke. This is likely what the "drones" are meant to distract people from, amongst other things. [Edit- Not that it's working too well given that we're having this discussion in the first place.]
It's not ignorant at all. We are all suffering from the governments decisions. We are all suffering the same. And no, not with the exact same specific issues, but we are ALL suffering. Unless you're rich, then your comment makes sense.
@josephh.sfri3ndfrowscho0l16 are you really going to tell me that $174k to $232k is 4% because that's the raise Congress just approved for themselves. Edit! I stand somewhat corrected, apparently they trimmed the bill, but nobody is reporting on what was trimmed. 🙄
Ridiculous!!! THEY actually gave themselves raises and health insurance upgrades, funding more bio labs ... no way they should get a raise until they present a balanced budget. 😢
@@billyconnelly3568 I read all the major bills they vote on sweetie but nice try. Not all of us need the media or a YT comment to tell us what to think. Maybe you should try it 😉
They got a 3.9% raise, the same raise as federal employees. That's soooo massive bro ...🤦 Although I don't think they deserve it and instead should raise the minimum wage
they do not need a raise as long as they can trade stocks and btw, i could not care less that a politician wins their election but can't py for housing in DC. Should have thought that one through.
Congress doesn't deserve a single penny when they pass an overbudget spending bill. The USA is almost hopelessly indebted, and we pay more money on the interest on the debt than we pay for a military. For 240 years the USA had an annual budget, and for 200 years or so it was balanced. When congress passes a 12 month budget and its balanced, only then will the people agree to their paychecks being issued.
But these we have non-American legal migrants running our government who obviously want nothing but to destroy America, Americans and its values while allowing illegal non-Americans to invade OUR land and play victim. BS.
Dont we all. You'll be happy to know they didnt get the 3.9% cost-of-living raise they had asked for in this final bill. Try to keep up please so you dont spread nonsense.
@@DuaneHallinSD cope they get payed a high six figure salary some are millionaires if taking it up the ah by politicians makes you defend them then be my guess .
A segment of the American population is so effing gullible. No wonder repubs want to destroy the education system by eliminating the dept of education. I’ve totally lost hope when they put the orange clown back into office with his billionaire friends for the biggest grift in history
So fun fact... none of this year's elections are in office right now. This is all being done by previous administration. Unless this is a pro term limit post, it isn't really saying anything
The house has one job, appropriations. House leadership of both parties should be barred from running for re-election or raising any campaign funds, until after a budget that extends beyond the end of thier current term has been passed. THEY. HAVE. ONE. JOB.
Trump is making him apart of the government, someone who wasn't voted in (aka undemocratically). Remember call the president after Jan 20th President Musk, it might hurt Trump's ego enough to have him remove the muskrat from the government
@@possumverdeThis is temporary. You really think once president musty is in office they won't fall in line? They will. Always have. Cowards are like that.
@@possumverdethat’s not the point. The majority of Americans are in agreement about these issues yet they don’t listen to the MAJORITY. I can’t wait for mid term elections we need to vote these people going against the MAJORITY needs and struggles. But yet they getting raises ? It’s damn slap in the face to struggling Americans. It’s our fucking money they are taking
@@seancasity7538 Elon is part of the reason people are sleeping outdoors. He's literally an illegal immigrant that works to make corporations have more rights than people so they can continue to exploit them. Look up Citizens United
The raise was like 6 grand a year, most make significantly more than that. Not that I'm stoked about giving them raises, but it's also just not a big deal.
@@lucasdillingham4206 DON'T REGURGITATE LIES BY ELON!!!! MAKES YOU LOOK STUPID!!! The RAISE WAS $6K!!! THEY CERTAINLY ARE NOT DESERVING OF ANY RAISE , BUT ELON US JUST OUTRIGHT LYING !!!
I would have two stipulations on this. Not only should they not get a raise if they don't decrease the deficit, but they also shouldn't get a raise. If the American people don't get a raise. By that I mean that their salary should be directly tied to the median yearly income of American citizens. Members of Congress should not receive a raise if the median income does not go up, and if it does, then there should only go up by that amount, provided that they reduce the nation's debt.
@@victorstahl2897 Perpetual servitude via generational economic punishment. This is the type of bullcrap we founded this country for in the first place but dripped out with suit and ties instead of weird looking hats and powdered wigs.
Where's Joe? Anybody seen Joe? Isn't he supposed to be the President or something? And what happened to Kamala? If leadership won't lead then expect someone else to.
Why did the bill include a measure meant to keep members of Congress from being investigated? The bill had a provision in it which would allow House members to "quash or modify any legal process directed to the provider for a House office if compliance with the legal process would require the disclosure of House data of the House office." What is Congress trying to hide? Most people are distracted by the fact the --criminals-- members of Congress gave themselves a raise but I think them giving themselves the ability to terminate investigations and hide evidence is more troubling.
@@rdyxpthe pay raises provision was removed. Thankfully Musk publicized the travesty of the original 1500+ page bill and Americans across the nation were appalled and told their representatives, so we end up with a
Why do we even have politicans who don't serve the people. Its like having firefighter or police officer getting paid and not protecting or serving the people. What a joke.
Because people have been brainwashed and forgotten.. THE GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR US, but instead they turned it around where we have worked our hineys off for them…., to keep spending WITHOUT THE PEOPLES permission, and without any accountability! NO ONE IN THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE GETTING ANY TYPE OF RAISE! Not when the American people are struggling to keep their homes!
McConnell blabbering about using the budget as a bargaining chip like he hasn't been doing that throughout his thousands of years in the Senate is crazy.
If congress critters made enough money they might knock it off with all the insider trading and the buddying up to any billionares that wander past. Did you ever think of that? Deuteronomy 25:4
I'm working 6 12 hr shifts this week for $17 per hr. It would be 16 per but I work at night which earns me a whole dollar extra. And it's dangerous work. And you know it's barely worth working overtime bc the more you make the more they take. Congress should be ashamed of themselves
We need term limits so they stop lining their pockets. Please don’t tell me you think Elon is glued to Trumps side because he wants to help the American people. Elon doesn’t even help his own people starving in South Africa.
,,,,,,yep like we can do anything within these “Great United States “ money involve?hell yes but only for the ones with it,so stop blaming overseas for our screw-up
I hope there was a 60% pay cut for all political offices in that bill. Since it is our money and politicians do very little to earn their pay i think they should go without pay until America is profitable again. Not one senator, representative, department head or lawmaker should receive a dime in pay for as long as we post a deficit. That would inspire them to stop spending on so much crap.
But it is. The federal government employs about 2 million citizens and another 2.5 million military personnel. Congress & the House are but tiny fractions in that number. Imagine almost 5 million people not getting paid and being essentially 'laid off all at once'. Don't tell me that the economy isn't going to feel that. Also, the men and women who serve our country deserve better than that.
@@natashaburt7526I believe all those jobs existed long before the government had their fingers in it besides the military but they can all function completely fine with Congress. In fact it would probably run smoother without all the bureaucracy
Lets stop pretending that there was a threat of government shutdown and say the truth. This was about voting for their own pay raise. Long live the oligarchy.
@@darlenelarochelle4011 Go look up the % of times the rich got what they wanted and when the poor got what they wanted over the past century. It's already been proven that the rich get what they want almost 100% of the time. In other words, yes, we have been living in an Oligarchy this entire time, they just aren't called kings and queens anymore. They are called mafias, banks, corporations, etc.
@@seancasity7538Russian propaganda much? An oligarchy wants the people to foot the bill while private jets can be fully written off leaving the poor to pay more taxes than the super rich. Yes, that would include Musk and his puppet trump.
No, Elon's not his wife because if so he wouldn't be important. He's the president's piggy bank. Elon funded his campaign, and Trump needs money after his business organization has taken a hit due to multiple court cases over the years. Time will tell whether Donald's ego will override his love of money to the point he kicks Musk out of the future administration.
Figures. They care more about celebrating holidays than the future of this country. They vote themselves pay raises and yet they never do the jobs they were elected for!
I heard the bill is 1,500 pages ! Full of Things that have nothing to do with the budget and who can read 1500 pages in one day to make a informed decision?
That's the really fucked up thing in politics. They always come up with gigantic bills and the house is given absolutely no time to review it properly. The 1.5k bill didn't pass though, I think the one that did is ~600 pages
@@reststop3632 that's a good point but this tactic isn't new and shows how much laws are enacted by simply being buried. Hopefully ai can help uncover that stuff
@@reststop3632I'd rather not trust an AI programmed by leftists in Silicon Valley, just make the damn thing sensible. 600 or 1.5k is beyond absurd, at that point you're intentionally trying to make certain no one knows what's in it. 1-50 pages should be plenty.
Lemme guess they still can't balance the budget, voted to send more money overseas, and give themselves pay raises? In the private sector these clowns would be fired.
If they shut down all the old people who rely on their social security checks monthly to pay bills will have no money. If it were not for this I would say yeah shut down but I know a few older people and people with special needs who rely on this money to live.
@ChazzleDazzleVideos Not just them, basically anyone that works for the government won't be getting paid. To work in government right now you have to keep a good amount of savings in case they won't pay you. Any other job and everyone would have already quit.
@@darlenelarochelle4011If you actually took time to research you'd learn it was a very small percentage of tax reduction and that he also reduced the working people's taxes benefitting everyone who actually works for a living but I digress continue your ridiculous charade of political idiocy.
It was shut down, that's what Vivek and Musk scrambled to get done and submit the new draft to congress, it cut it way down to somewhere around 150 pages
@@MrGraveBait It literally got fact-checked. They were not getting a 40% pay increase. You people, the ones saying they're the most immune to propaganda and institutionalism, are the most brainwashed out of everyone in this society. This is what post-truth populism looks like, a total and fully unadulterated ignorance of reality at its finest. Read 1984, and you'll know exactly what is happening. Stop living in a bubble and accepting whatever narrative comes out of your masters' mouths.
For this year it was a 3.9% raise which kept to the inflationary standard. However it was close to 40% since 2009 but that is what interest does. The thing is that incumbents won 97% in 2024, 96% in 2020, and even in state level it was 92% of incumbents won their elections. In American history, we have the highest rates of incumbents winning their elections despite Congress approval being one of the lowest in American history. Voters blame OTHER Representatives and not THEIR Representative for the confusion, corruption, etc. until people realize that or participate more (incumbents tend to lose more when turn out is higher though the effects are minimal), things will be more or less the same.
@@WhiteyMcPrivileged it is a prevailing idea that the higher you pay your politicians the less likely they would take bribes. The bill that established the salary for Representatives has also operated on this Dogma. In theory this is correct as other countries operate on this philosophy (i.e Singapore) and it works relatively well as there is a correlation between rates of corruption and lower salaries. However, higher salaries don't necessarily stop corruption and bribery and comes down to enforcement which is very lacking in the US and will continue to be worse if they cut funding for the investigative agencies (which Congress has been doing for years regardless of who is in power).
How about giving a livable return on SS since we paid in and the government has been using the money for other things while we can't pay bills or spend $7 for a dozen eggs, nor can we pay high rental prices.
@@darlenelarochelle4011and they get paid days off,actual medical benefits,and sometimes even discounted housing unlike the vast majority of Americans workers
Congress should not be able to give themselves a pay raise at anytime. Never.
That makes ZERO sense. How much would YOU expect to be paid, to put up with all that crap? There isn't enough money in the WORLD to get me interested in participating in that mess. And exactly WHO should decide if these folks get a raise? They make the budget. They are in charge of the purse strings. That's how its set up.
You should see what DOGE is exploiting. They had a chance to skim the bill and they left their pay raises on there
Pure corrupt government crooks
Never?
Never, ever
The American people should never have to hear this sentence. If you cannot do your job and keep the government running just tell us. We will replace you with someone who can do the job. Sincerely, every sane American.
You have the chance to every 2/6 years.
By keep the government running you mean funding 11 new bio weapons labs, or building a new stadium in WAshington DC, or funding gender studies in Pakistan?
Literally wasting billions of dollars on stuff we don't need that does not benefit us and only burdens our great great grandchildren more and more debt to pay off?
This government is corrupt. They spend money they don't have, on things nobody but them wants, and it's all to line the pockets of politicians and rich people.
The government should NEVER be spending more than it brings in, if it was a business it would be bankrupt, a person, bankrupt. Government, oh no big deal we can just print more money and raise inflation and steal the wealth of our citizens to pay for the pork...
Anyone who supports this crap is just smooth brained, you're literally supporting the fleecing of the American people by spending money they don't even have yet.
Completely ridiculous, 75% of this government needs to be shut down. Why do we need 51 departments of education? We don't need any of this.
Sad thing is we just had that chance and we blew it!!!
And yet those most reliant on govt funds keep voting for the dipsh*ts
@michelledonnelly1736 what's stopping us from doing it right now?
what a joke people cant even afford to live but yes give the greedy pigs more money
I want to be represented, not governed.
It’s what they there for
That's going to be the norm for the next 4yrs
Republicans want more wages dems want more healthcare for the people
Jesus loves you have a wonderful day
I had to skip christmas this year. Cant afford a single gift. I have rent, car insurance, gas, food. I cant wven buy a winter coat i just wear two hoodies. But lets give congress a fucking raise, right? Because over $100k a year just isnt enough for our lazy government. Guess they learned nothing about the luigi case
I'm sorry for your situation
god bless
@@NervousNelly920found the middle school kid
@NervousNelly920 you in the comments shaming people on skills? That could be someone's grandma. Do better
@NervousNelly920 I've been in situations like this person it socks badly. Have you ever been truly hungry Nell? Like eating once a day?
“When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.” -Thomas Jefferson
That's deep, man.
Exactly what’s on my rear window of my truck💪🏼💪🏼
Shut down the bill it doesn't even really have money for farmers just Chinese companies who own US farms.
You just gave me the answer I needed to fix an entire country problem .
Well, that’s what they tried on January 6, a modern day Boston tea party but we see what the Democrats did with THAT! 🤬
They pat themselves on the back for doing the bare minimum of their jobs. Anyone else would be fired.
Wow its almost like trump and wlon tried to reject it.
lol well we vote them in so what does that say about us.
But we keep voting in the same fucking clowns so when do we hold ourselves accountable instead of just bitching about what they do or don’t do
@@asfasfasfasfawfw460it's more like they are trying to cut nearly $200 million from children's cancer research
@@asfasfasfasfawfw460fn bot. Always defending your lord and savior the U.S gov.
Avoiding govt shutdowns has become an annual american tradition
Make Israel Great Again.
ANNUAL AMERICAN LAUGHINGSTOCK OF THE WORLD...HELLO!!!
@@bakslayer3032Make interfering all over the globe great still is what's trying to be done with the USAID money for what return? So people that hate America don't hate us worse???
Annual? It happens every quarter
Thanks republicans. 😒
They do this every 4 fucking years, but tell everyone else to suck it up. Are we not, as a country, sick of this bullshit?
I am.
We are but we can’t do anything. The government is eagerly waiting for people to do something so they can declare them a threat and literally wipe anyone they want out. Which will immediately turn into a purging of anyone right leaning. The only people left will be these leftist sheep who happily fall in line.
We all are but we can’t go anything about it
America is on the clock just be patient and protect yourself and your family.
I've been sick of it for a very long time and its just keeps getting worse
Ah yes. The bill that also gives them a pay increase even though they only make this country worse every year.
Thats not true. Why are you lying? No raise in any of the three individual bills. And no debt ceiling increase or the funding for childhood cancer research.
Since obiden stole WH, they have had 3 raises maybe 4. The first one was 20% in April 2021 for inflation. Then Nasty Pelosi added $10k, a grand, for extra security. Next one was 8.5%. Next one was over 5%. Now this one was 40%. The greed is appalling !!!
Right. They don't deserve it. They don't even show up. They vote by proxy. Notice all the empty seats. Just like obiden, they are rarely there.
They didn't get an increase. That was removed
Half the country elects people who are only willing to pass tax cuts for the wealthy. That’s the real problem
Funny how my credit score affects what job I can get but our own government can't balance a checkbook.
Correct. There was a time that many Congress and senate members were cashing checks at the house bank and they bounced. 1991 I believe.
No one checks your credit score for a job. Lying
@@unbroken1010office jobs kinda do that, actually.
Absolutely ticks me off that that's a reality that we live in
@@unbroken1010just had mine checked before getting officially hired
Our founding fathers are rolling in their graves right now.
They have been for years.
😂
They rolled so much and fell into the earths core.
They'd be devistated if they revived today and were told to start fresh.
Ur laying on ur couch
They're on a rotisserie 😅
A full list of who voted yes and no should be available online
They are available. All three votes were public. Just make sure you include the year when you look it up or the results get messy.
Looks like I found the Uneducated voter lol
What does this prove? That the system is broken top to bottom?
@ray_x6959 all this comment proves is that people don't know what information is already publicly available
The info is available.
This is starting to become a holiday tradition like the Mariah Carey song.
Gotta love those republicans always wanting to stiff the American people! It really makes you wonder why people keep voting for them!!
Oh yeah, no one actually PAYS ATTENTION to what's going on in politics. They're too worried about whether or not there's a TRANS KID being ALLOWED inside of a classroom!
🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Starting to feel like there's a huge problem with the education in this country. Cuz it seems like no one is getting an education anymore!
😂
I remember the same happening 10 years ago
Rather the song
😅😅😅
If I were to be on the verge of destroying my company every year, I would be fired. Why aren't you all fired for being so incompetent.
I concur. Why?
I thought you were about to say . . . Mangione
It's the American peoples fault, they can vote them out of office
Because we keep voting people on both sides that should not be elected, maybe it's time to drop the voting for a party and actually vote for someone that will do the job.
@@jludo
And what has voting done? Many have been voted out of office already, the rest "pay" their way to get in.
No more left vs right. Poor vs Rich is where our mindset should be.
Yeah the left, right, identity politics, immigration, abortion, etc. are all distractions. I'm not being sarcastic btw
@@sharpasacueball Oh, we know it. We know it and take you all too seriously. At least I do. It's a joke. This is likely what the "drones" are meant to distract people from, amongst other things. [Edit- Not that it's working too well given that we're having this discussion in the first place.]
Or Politician vs. Citizen
what an unbelievably ignorant statement
It's not ignorant at all. We are all suffering from the governments decisions. We are all suffering the same. And no, not with the exact same specific issues, but we are ALL suffering. Unless you're rich, then your comment makes sense.
They did not vote to avert a shutdown. They voted because it gave them all raises.
Told us what is NOT in the bill … did not tell us what IS in the bill
Google
@@travLee7 still lies
Look it up lazy
It includes a lot of good stuff too like bringing meds down
@travLee7 Came here for the news and your answer is get it yourself?
What a strange time we live in
@@travLee7 you people are insufferable. You have no idea
McConell NEEDS to go. He is part of the problem.
Hes not the part hes the entire problem lmao
…… he is did you not here the part of it being his farewell address?
@@robbiesilverwolfI thought he was referring to speaker Johnson.
@@sora6969He is not the entire problem. He has about 520 helpers in both houses from both parties!!
MCCONNELL IS MOSTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAKEUP OF THE SUPREME COURT BEING 6-3 !!!
HE OUTPLAYED THE DEMS BIGTIME!!!
They receive a 40% raise while the minimum wage is $7.25. Let that simmer in your spirit.
🤓umm erm it was actually a 3.9% increase.
Social Security recipients only got a 2.5% raise. The average check went up about $50 is all.
@@brucesmith9144$20 not $50
@josephh.sfri3ndfrowscho0l16 are you really going to tell me that $174k to $232k is 4% because that's the raise Congress just approved for themselves.
Edit! I stand somewhat corrected, apparently they trimmed the bill, but nobody is reporting on what was trimmed. 🙄
It's a hell of a lot more than any hurricane victim or Maui fire victim received.
Ridiculous!!! THEY actually gave themselves raises and health insurance upgrades, funding more bio labs ... no way they should get a raise until they present a balanced budget. 😢
They shouldn't get PAID until they balance the budget.
Including all the money from bribes and insider trading they legalized for themselves.
You don't hate politicians enough
We don’t
Of course we don’t we too busy worrying & hating on the people down here with us 😂😂😂
Why should we?
Because the fake news from Fox and Qanon said so?
Especially deep state politicians
People aren't hungry enough.
They're counting on you not reading it.
Because you'd be absolutely disgusted if you did.
Says someone who hasn't read it and provides no argument as to why it's so terrible.
As if any sane person wasn’t already dismayed.
This should have a thousand more likes
@@billyconnelly3568 I read all the major bills they vote on sweetie but nice try. Not all of us need the media or a YT comment to tell us what to think. Maybe you should try it 😉
@@Anne_Onymous
Hon, I also said you provided no argument why it's so terrible.
If you respond, please try your best not to be simple-minded, kay?
Love how Congress gave themselves a massive raise...
They should only get raises when the American ppl vote for it.
How much was the raise?
They got a 3.9% raise, the same raise as federal employees. That's soooo massive bro ...🤦
Although I don't think they deserve it and instead should raise the minimum wage
they do not need a raise as long as they can trade stocks
and btw, i could not care less that a politician wins their election but can't py for housing in DC. Should have thought that one through.
@kylehanna5571 4.0% it seems.
The raise was taken out of the new bill.
Congress doesn't deserve a single penny when they pass an overbudget spending bill. The USA is almost hopelessly indebted, and we pay more money on the interest on the debt than we pay for a military. For 240 years the USA had an annual budget, and for 200 years or so it was balanced. When congress passes a 12 month budget and its balanced, only then will the people agree to their paychecks being issued.
But these we have non-American legal migrants running our government who obviously want nothing but to destroy America, Americans and its values while allowing illegal non-Americans to invade OUR land and play victim. BS.
The whole United States should just all stop paying taxes
I f***ing wish.
Right if everyone would get together and protest instead of fighting each other like they want us to do to stay blinded from the truth.
Kinda hard when most companies that pay regular wages take it off the top before you even see it. How would you buy anything with sales tax?
Amen.
Claim exempt and never pay back
Congress wants a pay raise,they are a joke😢
Trump n Musk are the joke and Trump not even Sworn in an office yet
Dont we all. You'll be happy to know they didnt get the 3.9% cost-of-living raise they had asked for in this final bill. Try to keep up please so you dont spread nonsense.
@@DuaneHallinSD Where did you get this info?
Jokes are supposed to be funny. They are the opposite. They are infuriating.
@@DuaneHallinSD cope they get payed a high six figure salary some are millionaires if taking it up the ah by politicians makes you defend them then be my guess .
We have a lot of traitors in the congress. We all need to vote against this corrupt government…
😂😂good luck making that happen. It's prophecies that even state corrupt leaders will always be in control in the end days.
If only, but remember that majority voted the orange lard for president
You mean Musk and Trump, yes?
Right voting is the key
We already did come January a lot of them are going to be out and fired
You dummys voted billionaires into the government and thought your groceries were going to go down 😂.
A segment of the American population is so effing gullible. No wonder repubs want to destroy the education system by eliminating the dept of education. I’ve totally lost hope when they put the orange clown back into office with his billionaire friends for the biggest grift in history
So fun fact... none of this year's elections are in office right now. This is all being done by previous administration. Unless this is a pro term limit post, it isn't really saying anything
This just in Congress does the bare minimum of what it is obligated to do.
To do the bare minimum they would need to fund the government for a full year. They are incapable of doing that.
The house has one job, appropriations.
House leadership of both parties should be barred from running for re-election or raising any campaign funds, until after a budget that extends beyond the end of thier current term has been passed.
THEY. HAVE. ONE. JOB.
The reflublicans can't get anything passed for the American people. The Democrats do!
Good ole MAGA
@@consoledollz1688 sir, you realize trumps administration hasn't taken office yet right?
The American people need to know exactly what is in these bills..
Whether they know or not. The rich and powerful Americans get the say so for everything. So it doesn't matter what the majority thinks or wants.
The politicians don't even know
Good thing they're public knowledge and easily readable... or did we forget?
Agree
@@WhiteyMcPrivileged true.. greed and idiots and everyone else struggles
Criminal mafia at it again.
That is the future executive branch.
@@reststop3632
You lost. Cry harder
Agree, this is a Disaster
@@reststop3632it’s all 3 branches, you dope
@@fluteloop6737exactly, judicial, legislative and executive are all brain dead MAGA. 😂
Uh... Musk is not the president or a member of congress? Why is his name involved in this? At all???
Money I think
It's a fake news media. Obvus.
Trump is making him apart of the government, someone who wasn't voted in (aka undemocratically).
Remember call the president after Jan 20th President Musk, it might hurt Trump's ego enough to have him remove the muskrat from the government
Uh we voted for him to be involved he was part of the ticket. Us the majority voted for this get overit.
I swear that went over everybody head
So frustrating. They do the opposite of what we want them to, never get fired, and vote for their own pay raises.
Preventing two billionaires from having a blank check to spend on whatever they want is not a bad thing.
@@possumverdeMAGA baby
@@possumverdeThis is temporary. You really think once president musty is in office they won't fall in line? They will. Always have. Cowards are like that.
@@possumverdethat’s not the point. The majority of Americans are in agreement about these issues yet they don’t listen to the MAJORITY. I can’t wait for mid term elections we need to vote these people going against the MAJORITY needs and struggles. But yet they getting raises ? It’s damn slap in the face to struggling Americans. It’s our fucking money they are taking
That's why the founders wrote up the constitution. It's been within our legal right to do what is necessary to put an end to it all along.
so what? US citizens are sleeping outdoors, broken homes, hungry & cold .. disgraceful
Elon tweeted that telling Congress they should be ashamed.
Hey that’s alright, man! As long as we keep working to give ukrayne billions of our tax dollars while Americans suffer immeasurably, it’s all good!
@@seancasity7538but daddy Donald said more debt good now because reasons so maga will like children go beep boop yes daddy.
@@seancasity7538 Elon is part of the reason people are sleeping outdoors. He's literally an illegal immigrant that works to make corporations have more rights than people so they can continue to exploit them. Look up Citizens United
@@seancasity7538 if Elon cared he would pay his workers a living wage
They get a raise higher then most make a year and people out here don’t have a pot to piss in
Don't believe Elon's lies. The raise was about $6k !!!
Even though they shouldn't get it, don't repeat elon's lies !
The raise was like 6 grand a year, most make significantly more than that. Not that I'm stoked about giving them raises, but it's also just not a big deal.
😠😤😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
@@lucasdillingham4206
DON'T REGURGITATE LIES BY ELON!!!!
MAKES YOU LOOK STUPID!!!
The RAISE WAS $6K!!!
THEY CERTAINLY ARE NOT DESERVING OF ANY RAISE , BUT ELON US JUST OUTRIGHT LYING !!!
They also don't even work nearly has much as anyone else so 6k is hundred percent not deserved.
This is disgusting.
Everyone needs to know. They added a 40% raise. This was the reason. Vote these people out. They don't deserve a raise. Vote them out.
Vote who out?
That was in the bill yesterday was removed today
THIS WAS A LIE. It was a 3.9% raise not 40%. Check into it.
Liar
@@christyritter1828100% lie 👍
Congress should only get a raise if they don't add to the deficit that year.
Should only get paid*
Congress used to be a free job btw.
That's not fair with Trump in office. He skyrocketed the national debt his first term and is already begging for a blank check for his second term.
It’s disgusting, the greed of money is the root to all evil
I would have two stipulations on this. Not only should they not get a raise if they don't decrease the deficit, but they also shouldn't get a raise. If the American people don't get a raise. By that I mean that their salary should be directly tied to the median yearly income of American citizens. Members of Congress should not receive a raise if the median income does not go up, and if it does, then there should only go up by that amount, provided that they reduce the nation's debt.
What a freakin joke. Americans last, as usual.
Cry about it online, do nothing in real life. That's why this still happens because Americans are such cucks lmaoo
The government shutting down and not wasting billions of OUR money would be the best thing for our country. We don't need these traitors!
"Bipartisan bill" = back room deal to steal your money
Our money.. children grands...
@@victorstahl2897 Perpetual servitude via generational economic punishment. This is the type of bullcrap we founded this country for in the first place but dripped out with suit and ties instead of weird looking hats and powdered wigs.
Both sides agree that they want more of our money for themselves
The fact that he said “Elon Musk” rejected a bill…as if he has some authority.
Clearly never heard of money
I reject the bill and I'm not a politician. American citizens can have an opinion on it. After all they are paying for it
Where's Joe? Anybody seen Joe? Isn't he supposed to be the President or something? And what happened to Kamala? If leadership won't lead then expect someone else to.
@@Daniel-yl5jl1bi6qpresident elect musk? 🤣
They are trying like hell to pass blame else where and to put a wedge between him and DJT.
Why did the bill include a measure meant to keep members of Congress from being investigated? The bill had a provision in it which would allow House members to "quash or modify any legal process directed to the provider for a House office if compliance with the legal process would require the disclosure of House data of the House office."
What is Congress trying to hide? Most people are distracted by the fact the --criminals-- members of Congress gave themselves a raise but I think them giving themselves the ability to terminate investigations and hide evidence is more troubling.
Thank the Republicans. They need to hide their illegal bullchit apparently.
they gave themselves raises bc they know the corrupt will be thrown out after inauguration 🤷🏻♂️
You already know why. Why ask rhetorical questions.
@@rdyxpthe pay raises provision was removed. Thankfully Musk publicized the travesty of the original 1500+ page bill and Americans across the nation were appalled and told their representatives, so we end up with a
Who cares let them all go home and watch their kids open up the presents that they can’t afford like the rest of us
Why do we even have politicans who don't serve the people. Its like having firefighter or police officer getting paid and not protecting or serving the people. What a joke.
Better than a liar like Musk who didn't even bother to read the first bill before denouncing it and spreading false claims about it.
Because people have been brainwashed and forgotten.. THE GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR US, but instead they turned it around where we have worked our hineys off for them…., to keep spending WITHOUT THE PEOPLES permission, and without any accountability! NO ONE IN THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE GETTING ANY TYPE OF RAISE! Not when the American people are struggling to keep their homes!
Why not just have them use their own profits from insider trading? What a joke
Because that's not smart. It's cheaper and better to use the people's money. How else their gonna stay rich...
McConnell blabbering about using the budget as a bargaining chip like he hasn't been doing that throughout his thousands of years in the Senate is crazy.
First fail of President Musk
Musk was appointed to oversee government wasteful spending by Trump so thats his Job Einstein!
If you can’t do your job then resign
If they can’t and/or won’t do their job they should be fired!
Their job makes them rich from theft.
Also, they just happened to include a pay raise for themselves but yeah. Congrats for them doing their jobs.
That was scratched
If congress critters made enough money they might knock it off with all the insider trading and the buddying up to any billionares that wander past.
Did you ever think of that?
Deuteronomy 25:4
@@mjg6041hog wash
@ shut up BOT
@@JP-JustSayincongress makes six figures and get pretty much free healthcare what do u mean?
They get a raise for working less then the average American.
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I'm working 6 12 hr shifts this week for $17 per hr. It would be 16 per but I work at night which earns me a whole dollar extra. And it's dangerous work.
And you know it's barely worth working overtime bc the more you make the more they take. Congress should be ashamed of themselves
@@VivaSepulchresecurity?
@@valkilmer6379
Likely factory jobs. Security would not want someone drowsy working.
@@Delimon007As someone who works security I second this.
defund the federal government. were getting tired of being robbed.
This is bullshit. They get pay by first of the month and the 15 so they will get the money.
This is bullshit my family is running on checks right now can't afford anything.
You greedy sack of garbage politicians.
💯🎯
Don't worry, president Musk will buy a whole new batch of politicians to steal from you and give to himself next year.
Politicians need bigger backyards. They need the pay raise more than everyone else.
They have their own money vaults filled with billions 💰
Facts
Stop spending $$$ you don't have, stop giving $$$ to foreign countries until we get back to a balanced budget. America must be first !!!!
Shut it down and refund my tax money!!!
We need smaller individual bills
We need term limits so they stop lining their pockets. Please don’t tell me you think Elon is glued to Trumps side because he wants to help the American people. Elon doesn’t even help his own people starving in South Africa.
Oh thank goodness, I was worried we wouldn't have anyone to take our money and waste it.
I've got an idea...STOP SENDING MONEY OVERSEAS
Biden and Kamala did all this just to screw Trump just so he has to fix their mess.
I have a better idea. Stop paying the politicians.
We live in the WORLD!!!
,,,,,,yep like we can do anything within these “Great United States “ money involve?hell yes but only for the ones with it,so stop blaming overseas for our screw-up
Israel says no 😂
These people are sick thinking they need a raise when Americans are suffering.
Oh how I wish I could be like them and cry about not making enough money at 170k+ a yr on tax money. They have a hard life.
I hope there was a 60% pay cut for all political offices in that bill. Since it is our money and politicians do very little to earn their pay i think they should go without pay until America is profitable again. Not one senator, representative, department head or lawmaker should receive a dime in pay for as long as we post a deficit. That would inspire them to stop spending on so much crap.
It's not a crisis if federal workers don't get paid
But it is. The federal government employs about 2 million citizens and another 2.5 million military personnel. Congress & the House are but tiny fractions in that number. Imagine almost 5 million people not getting paid and being essentially 'laid off all at once'. Don't tell me that the economy isn't going to feel that. Also, the men and women who serve our country deserve better than that.
@ the military will always get paid. The federal government makes too much money and is essentially useless
@@natashaburt7526I believe all those jobs existed long before the government had their fingers in it besides the military but they can all function completely fine with Congress. In fact it would probably run smoother without all the bureaucracy
@@natashaburt7526Nonessential workers wouldn't get paid....not a crisis. Shut it down. Do some research
When will these clowns acknowledge publicly that there is no debt ceiling?
Like they really really give a shite .
Take your woke values and go to the BACK OF LINE
They just want to go home for the holidays even though they don’t even work half the year
You mean the democrats tried to throw In everything into the bill that had nothing to do with America and tried to say it was for farmers eta lol bs
@@Davidjohnson-zd3bk I like that "woke values" is "Hey maybe the people who barely do a goddamn thing shouldn't get more money."
@@Davidjohnson-zd3bk Woke? Where have you been for the past 6 years?
Lets stop pretending that there was a threat of government shutdown and say the truth. This was about voting for their own pay raise. Long live the oligarchy.
You are confused about what an Oligarchy is.
@@darlenelarochelle4011 Lol. We have been an oligarchy for more than a hundred years. Pretending to be a democracy has been the game of the millennia.
@@HaveAGreatDay54VERY TRUE! I wish more people would open their eyes to the truth.
@@darlenelarochelle4011 you’re evidently on social media defensively too often to not sense the sarcasm in the comment. Take a break buddy.
@@darlenelarochelle4011
Go look up the % of times the rich got what they wanted and when the poor got what they wanted over the past century. It's already been proven that the rich get what they want almost 100% of the time. In other words, yes, we have been living in an Oligarchy this entire time, they just aren't called kings and queens anymore. They are called mafias, banks, corporations, etc.
I love how the news didn’t mention the reason why they were against that bill really informative!
Gotta keep the public uninformed and try to make people disagree with Musk even though he's right about this bill.
@@seancasity7538Russian propaganda much? An oligarchy wants the people to foot the bill while private jets can be fully written off leaving the poor to pay more taxes than the super rich. Yes, that would include Musk and his puppet trump.
They didn’t do this for you Wake up you got to pay for it
I want a list of every Republican that voted for this.
Donald Trump supported it as well.
STUPID, they do this EVERY YEAR - all about the DRAMA
Why do I keep hearing elons name involved in EVERYTHING, we didn’t vote for him, is he the First Lady now?
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No for real though, I’m so confused. He’s not a politician, he holds no power in that regard, but he’s Trump’s side piece??? Someone kick Musk out.
No, Elon's not his wife because if so he wouldn't be important. He's the president's piggy bank. Elon funded his campaign, and Trump needs money after his business organization has taken a hit due to multiple court cases over the years.
Time will tell whether Donald's ego will override his love of money to the point he kicks Musk out of the future administration.
He’s “looking like” he’s gonna be the PRESIDENT👎🏽 tRump’s taking a back seat to to this guy…🤔
Um ... *President Biden* is free to assert himself at any time.
Figures. They care more about celebrating holidays than the future of this country. They vote themselves pay raises and yet they never do the jobs they were elected for!
This is ridiculous
Such a joke. They all voted to give themselves a $70k raise. Must be nice
No worse than Trump taxing the poor and giving breaks to all the rich.
70k. Where did you get that number?
Let's give money to other countries 😂
I heard the bill is 1,500 pages ! Full of Things that have nothing to do with the budget and who can read 1500 pages in one day to make a informed decision?
That's the really fucked up thing in politics. They always come up with gigantic bills and the house is given absolutely no time to review it properly.
The 1.5k bill didn't pass though, I think the one that did is ~600 pages
A.I. can read quick
They didn't want you to read it, just say yes and pass it.
@@reststop3632 that's a good point but this tactic isn't new and shows how much laws are enacted by simply being buried. Hopefully ai can help uncover that stuff
@@reststop3632I'd rather not trust an AI programmed by leftists in Silicon Valley, just make the damn thing sensible.
600 or 1.5k is beyond absurd, at that point you're intentionally trying to make certain no one knows what's in it. 1-50 pages should be plenty.
Let it shut down! We need to stop congress from getting pay hikes
These greedy bastards in congress who literally do nothing, all they want fir Christmas is a pay raise. Tell us what is in this bill!!
Gop bill
Meanwhile we're lucky if we can even get 2%
Everyone who voted for that should be primaried
Why is that? Because Daddy Elon said so?
Lol yal ignorant 🤣
@@darthastriusso u agree that congress should get paid more?
@@dthrust9037Apparently these morons want politicians to get rich and be free from investigations.
The fact that Elon Musk has mentioned at all in this affair is just being comical and concerning as a whole.
Lemme guess they still can't balance the budget, voted to send more money overseas, and give themselves pay raises? In the private sector these clowns would be fired.
Wish they would just shut down already and stop with the empty threats.
If they shut down all the old people who rely on their social security checks monthly to pay bills will have no money. If it were not for this I would say yeah shut down but I know a few older people and people with special needs who rely on this money to live.
These ppl are dim, shut it down.
@@ChazzleDazzleVideos "But if you take out the parasite it might die!"
Good?
@ChazzleDazzleVideos Not just them, basically anyone that works for the government won't be getting paid. To work in government right now you have to keep a good amount of savings in case they won't pay you. Any other job and everyone would have already quit.
This is very true, a lot of people aren’t thinking about this.
Typical corrupt congress. Wtf
That's what people get for voting republicans into office.
A payraise for them and it passes? Shocker.
All Democrats finally agreed to the bill it must be a horrible bill because theses Criminals agreed
NO TAX BREAKS for the RICH Thank you 🌹
Hold your breath on that one. You have heard that tRump was elected, no?
@@darlenelarochelle4011If you actually took time to research you'd learn it was a very small percentage of tax reduction and that he also reduced the working people's taxes benefitting everyone who actually works for a living but I digress continue your ridiculous charade of political idiocy.
The 1500 page bill with 40% pay increase for members of congress definitely should’ve been shut down. Funny the news doesn’t mention that part.
It was shut down, that's what Vivek and Musk scrambled to get done and submit the new draft to congress, it cut it way down to somewhere around 150 pages
Except they weren't getting a 40% pay increase. ur literally just lying.
@@Ehvelynne those are the numbers, look it up. or look like a read hard, i dont care either way
@@MrGraveBait It literally got fact-checked. They were not getting a 40% pay increase. You people, the ones saying they're the most immune to propaganda and institutionalism, are the most brainwashed out of everyone in this society.
This is what post-truth populism looks like, a total and fully unadulterated ignorance of reality at its finest. Read 1984, and you'll know exactly what is happening. Stop living in a bubble and accepting whatever narrative comes out of your masters' mouths.
@@MrGraveBaitNo 40% was never the number. Try checking nonpartisa factchecking sites before you spew rumors.
A congress with a 20% approval rating just got a 40% raise?
3.9%
Stop spreading lies it was a 3.9% raise.
@@suziesunshine7365their previous amount of 175 thousand a year was already way too high.
For this year it was a 3.9% raise which kept to the inflationary standard. However it was close to 40% since 2009 but that is what interest does.
The thing is that incumbents won 97% in 2024, 96% in 2020, and even in state level it was 92% of incumbents won their elections. In American history, we have the highest rates of incumbents winning their elections despite Congress approval being one of the lowest in American history. Voters blame OTHER Representatives and not THEIR Representative for the confusion, corruption, etc. until people realize that or participate more (incumbents tend to lose more when turn out is higher though the effects are minimal), things will be more or less the same.
@@WhiteyMcPrivileged it is a prevailing idea that the higher you pay your politicians the less likely they would take bribes. The bill that established the salary for Representatives has also operated on this Dogma. In theory this is correct as other countries operate on this philosophy (i.e Singapore) and it works relatively well as there is a correlation between rates of corruption and lower salaries. However, higher salaries don't necessarily stop corruption and bribery and comes down to enforcement which is very lacking in the US and will continue to be worse if they cut funding for the investigative agencies (which Congress has been doing for years regardless of who is in power).
So does that mean Washington DC get a new sports stadium..... US government is a joke anymore.
Who gives a rat's a$$ about a stadium. Tax money should NOT be used for such shite.
Disgrace
Why does it feel like there a shutdown looming very damn yr. Get it tf together government!
How many pages was it?
I'd have to consult with all the special interest groups that wrote it to be sure I'm sure President Musk knows though.
Started out with 1547 pages vivek got it to 116pgs
@@littleredhen3354 i see the new mindless talking points are out. Cant wait to hear president musk over and over for the next 4 years
Crazy how they threaten the thing we all want and then instead of doing it just print more money and give it to themselves and say you’re welcome
What is in the Bill ?
Basically if something happens to the Gov. They won't shut down and they get 10s of billions of dollars from the people.
Potential new laws & funding.
Government got a pay raise. They need bigger houses and more room.
@@alphonsolinguini9501 immunity from investigations into congress members
🐂💩, 😐
Money can be used to build a nation. And money can be used to destroy a nation . America needs SOUND MONEY !
Americans need the Bible, Brains, Balls, and Guns. That's it. That's how we Americans built our beautiful and Greatest Nation under God 200+ yrs ago.
Thanks for the 15 million.
Abc is a poor excuse for media
So is Faux Spews.
How about giving a livable return on SS since we paid in and the government has been using the money for other things while we can't pay bills or spend $7 for a dozen eggs, nor can we pay high rental prices.
What do you know. More drama to spoonfeed the populace. It’s time for a real change.
I couldn't care less if Government workers get paid. I'm tired of limitless spending by the swamp.
Really? TSA are government employees. Military are Government employees. Park Rangers are government employees. Etc.etc.etc.etc.
@@darlenelarochelle4011and they get paid days off,actual medical benefits,and sometimes even discounted housing unlike the vast majority of Americans workers
What’s the celebration? This happens EVERY year!
Don't threaten U.S. with a good time.