House of Representatives Condemns Socialism

[Number6]

i had to shut it off after an hour and a half. It was harshing my mellow. Disgusting is what it was.

Some may accept SS as the "law of the land" but you betcha by golly wow those that were demanding a loyalty oath from the Democrats don't think so. i'll betcha they can tell ya all about that Commie FDR.

Strange in that the lawmakers who protest Social Security the most are the ones who don't need it.

[ZoWie]

Dunno, from what I see half of them are probably drawing SS. Though they also get a nice pension. They're not worried about money. That's our job.

I can't watch C-SPAN any more except for the times when they broadcast debacles like the 15 ballots for Speaker without the punditry you endure everywhere else. The House makes me too angry, and I'm already scared enough what with Covid and the situation in LA to also be angry on top of it. If I watched the House every day I'd probably shoot myself.

[Drak]

The "socialist" government also supplies the GOP house with their free healthcare, paid for by the taxpayer while a good portion of them hardly seem to work, spending most of their time mapping out insurrection, traveling around the country, or doing silly fascist podcasts.

[ZoWie]

You noticed that too, huh? No Physician Heal Thyself here. Getting elected to Congress is the ultimate Get Out Of Rational Discourse Free Card. You can even talk about Jewish Space Lasers.

My offer on consultation for a resolution banning The Secret Nikola Tesla Death Ray is still open. My fee is rather high, but worth it.

[Number6]

Dunno, from what I see half of them are probably drawing SS. Though they also get a nice pension. They're not worried about money. That's our job.

I can't watch C-SPAN any more except for the times when they broadcast debacles like the 15 ballots for Speaker without the punditry you endure everywhere else. The House makes me too angry, and I'm already scared enough what with Covid and the situation in LA to also be angry on top of it. If I watched the House every day I'd probably shoot myself.

Congressional members get a salary of $174,00 a year. To get a pension, they have to have five years of service before they become vetted in a pension. Their pension, for most of them, is 1.7% times the number of years they served. So if a representative served 10 years, their pension would be $29,580. That's better than what most people make on Social Security.

Eligibility for a Congressional pension is based on age and number of years of service. These are:
62 years of age and five years of service
50 years of age and 20 years of service
25 years of service regardless of age.
https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/RL30631.pdf[url][/url]

But on the other hand, when a member of Congress leaves that job they usually land a high paying job because they were in Congress and have contacts that are invaluable to their new employer.

[Number6]

The "socialist" government also supplies the GOP house with their free healthcare, paid for by the taxpayer while a good portion of them hardly seem to work, spending most of their time mapping out insurrection, traveling around the country, or doing silly fascist podcasts.

Their healthcare insurance isn't free in that they have to pay healthcare premiums to a health insurance company they chose from the healthcare insurance exchange.
https://www.verifythis.com/article/news ... e3c0ba04cc

Now, if the republicans were truly against socialism then they'd be going after the military which is the largest, socialized sector of American life.

[ZoWie]

Never known a Congress critter to be hurting financially.

But go right on banning Socialism, whatever that is, for people who are hurting.

And the criterion seems to be that Socialism leads to autocratic government. Hmmmm, you mean like the Republican Party seems to be advocating? Palling around with Putin and hanging with plutocrats?

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. If Radio Moscow had been that good at bullshitting people, there'd not only still be a USSR, but we'd be in it.

[Drak]

That said, America is supposed to be the land of the free, where things like socialism, communism, capitalism, and other isms and the right to agree or disagree with those ideas, are protected under the 1A. Are they not?

[Number6]

Never known a Congress critter to be hurting financially.

And George Santos said the reason he ran for Congress was for the pension.

But go right on banning Socialism, whatever that is, for people who are hurting.

They always tell us to be afraid of the Boogeyman but they can never define who or what the Boogeyman is.

And the criterion seems to be that Socialism leads to autocratic government. Hmmmm, you mean like the Republican Party seems to be advocating? Palling around with Putin and hanging with plutocrats?

They use Socialism as a shinning object held in front of people's eyes to distract them from what they're really doing. Have you ever seen someone do the Three-card Monte? The guy handling the cards will be talking to distract the player from closely watching the cards.

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. If Radio Moscow had been that good at bullshitting people, there'd not only still be a USSR, but we'd be in it.

They follow the direction on a bottle of shampoo where it reads: Lather, Rinse, Repeat.

[Glennfs]

At least we now know that about half of democrats in the house support socialism.

[Number6]

At least we now know that about half of democrats in the house support socialism.

You don't even know what socialism is. The U.S. military is an excellent example of socialism and since you are against socialism that mean you are against the U.S. military. Why do you hate our military.

[Glennfs]

You don't even know what socialism is. The U.S. military is an excellent example of socialism and since you are against socialism that mean you are against the U.S. military. Why do you hate our military.

That is a great example of woke

[Number6]

That is a great example of woke

Oh please explain. We are breathlessly awaiting for you to demonstrate your ignorance on this subject.

[Glennfs]

Oh please explain. We are breathlessly awaiting for you to demonstrate your ignorance on this subject.

Your comments were the example of which I was speaking.

[gounion]

Your comments were the example of which I was speaking.

Translation: "I can't."

Glenn, it's just a line of bullshit the right gave you.

[Bludogdem]

Socialism has a specific definition.

No it doesn’t.

There’s a wide ranging academic subject covering a long history of humanity.

[gounion]

No it doesn’t.

There’s a wide ranging academic subject covering a long history of humanity.

To the right it’s just a slur to demonize people who believe in a social safety net.

[Drak]

[bird]

No it doesn’t.

There’s a wide ranging academic subject covering a long history of humanity.

No, socialism does not have a long history.

[bird]

At least we now know that about half of democrats in the house support socialism.

And we know that Republicans like you support fascism. But then we have always known that.

[bird]

That is a great example of woke

Don’t use words you don’t understand. It makes you look foolish.

[gounion]

No, socialism does not have a long history.

Yeah, true dat. Just shows that Greengrass doesn’t have a clue about history.

Maybe he got his history of socialism from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. https://youtu.be/t2c-X8HiBng

[Drak]

For the uneducated parroting cons, “Woke” is the new “buh communism!”

[ZoWie]

That is a great example of woke

We get SO upset by someone saying "woke" but not by the middle class being driven into poverty by a handful of egomaniacs with antisocial personality disorders. Humans are such easy prey.

Glenn, obviously the answer to your problem is to pass a law that anyone saying "woke" is taken into custody and shot. Get to work. You know which Congress members to contact. Have your checkbook out.

[ZoWie]

Maybe he got his history of socialism from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. https://youtu.be/t2c-X8HiBng

No, that's anarcho-syndicalism.

Though Glenn wouldn't know the difference. Hell, Boebert and McCarthy don't know the difference, and they run the fricken House.