One of the highest honors in this land is to serve in Congress. Democrat, Republican, or Independent. You are one of 535 people that vote on the laws that guide the country. True, your single vote isn’t definitive, but you caucus and have the power to persuade if you’re passionate.
You are relatively well compensated. You will not get rich, but $180,000 is enough to get by, especially when a lot of expenses are picked up by the government and/or campaign money. Or, you will get rich, and no one will really know why; see Mitch McConnell, and no, it’s not because of his wife, who is likely 100x richer than him due to family money. Mitch went from someone with some retirement money stuck away as a younger man ($50K?) to someone worth almost eight figures. That’s odd.)
I’d take the job in a heartbeat for the intellectual stimulation alone. You get to hear from world experts during committee hearings.
But Marjorie Taylor-Greene is sick of the job except maybe for tweeting since that’s nearly all she does. Let’s let her explain:
“The nature of this job — it keeps members of congress and senators in Washington so much of the time, too much of the time to be honest with you, that we don’t get to go home and spend more time with our families, our friends, you know, all in our district, or maybe just be regular people because this job is so demanding, and it’s turned into practically year-round,
“And for those of us in the House of Representatives, we have to run for Congress every two years. So you’re practically campaigning nearly the entire time that you’re here serving as a representative. So that’s just a couple of examples that I can give you that I believe is a recipe for disaster, and that’s how people just fall into this social club. I would call it a social club here in Washington, D.C.”
First of all, she’s full of sh*t. She loves her job. She loves “owning the libs,” and it’s all too easy to tell.
Second, please to be fcking off now. Poor baby! My job keeps me at home, in the district, all day, every day. Never get out because no one pays me $180,000… no matter how much I’m worth. (That’s a joke, btw). I don’t get to talk to the world’s experts in, say… infectious disease, or the number of firearm deaths that could be prevented if we passed… or someone who can explain why global warming is a huge deal and urgent action was needed 25 years ago.
But one gets the feeling that Marj just isn’t into that stuff. She wants the title and fame. But Congress itself is boring. She’d rather be at home because she wouldn’t have to set the alarm clock and could wear jeans and workout gear all day. Campaigning? That’s where all that cash comes in handy (If you have it, and she certainly does because she’s a MAGA fav). If you are, honestly, campaigning, that means nice dinners, nice travel expenses, and nice events – who doesn’t love a city barbeque? I do.
So, how about this in summary? STFU, Marj. No one forced you to run. No one is forcing you to stay. And, actually – deep down, you f’ing love it and can’t fool us.
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Quit bitch or just quit your bitching…just as good.
Well, she wanted to be on committees and got to be on some good ones that do important stuff. I guess she’s gotten bit by the “be careful what you wish for” creature! As for the “back home with her constituents”, now that’s a real howler. She spent her first term running around the country being wined and dined and getting to be the “star” at MAGA events. Basically, a Congress Critter version of Trump right down to wanting the title and the perks but not wanting anything to do with the actual job – as we now see. Well, she can always step down from her committees! Or request being shifted to “back-bench” ones that don’t require nearly as much work. (Her resigning her seat is too much to hope for)
If she hates it so much, she could resign and put us all out of her misery.
More D R A M A from the DRAMA EMPRESS herself. Leave, Marge, take your big fat mouth and trash personality with you.
She admits that she’s going to spend at least half her time campaigning for the next term. Like the orange slime, she likes the title and optics but not the work because now she can’t go to all the KKK and neo-nazi rallies that are so much fun and where she’s a superstar.
She’s suffering from the “trump infection” where she now wants to be seen as putting her wants and desires on hold and accepting the “suffering of the job” for the good of her constituents. She may have some legit gripes there since now she’s expected to actually DO some work instead of being able to run around the country harassing school shooting survivors and attending right-wing rallies.
I would loveto.have $180K. That, dear friends is $15,000 a f*cking month. What a lovely house I could buy for just $3-4K a month instead of struggling to find one in $170K that isn’t in a bad neighborhood or doesn’t require major book plus buying all.new kitchen appliances.
This stupid person has never had to work a day in her life. I want the divorce papers,made public. Who was,she screwing that her soon to be ex finally had enough?
She is actually right about about the fact that Representatives have to recampaign every two years. I have thought for a long time that the government needs to increase the Representatives to four years. This could be done by having the states in alphabetical order doing half of them at first getting four years and the other half the next time. This might not make sense the way that I have written it, but I think it’s a good idea.
Besides being a lazy bitch she is a stupid one too. What a clusterfuck of a human being!
Somebody call the wambulance for poor Madge.
Oh yes, I remember Lovey Howell on Gilligan’s Island. Rich, entitled, brainless. Don’t recall any military style weapons. Maybe she had a glock in her beach bag.
Being stuck on committees means she has to show up, even if it’s only to spout QAnon conspiracy BS. Last term she could fly around with pedo Gatez and speak at KKK rallies.
That’s the job she signed up for.