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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Part-Time Job With Bling Benefits

A couple of months ago a letter to the Gazette editor asked why Rep. Paul Ryan doesn't enlist in the army and go serve his country. After all, the enlistment age has been raised, the army is now accepting grandfathers.
JG Sound Off excerpt:
In reference to the letter to the editor questioning why Congressman Ryan doesn't enlist and go serve his country, he does serve his country; he's in Washington while his family of three young children and his wife remain in Janesville. -- anonymous




This is almost too good to be true. How Paul Ryan can unselfishly volunteer his time in Congress and make this important sacrifice for his country is the stuff of heroes. Operating most weeks on a Tuesday-through-Thursday schedule, Congress is poised to finish this year with just 100 working days - two days a week for $165,000 a year salary.

If only the guy wearing the helmet and carrying a rifle in Iraq knew how easy he had it. To think that Ryan's family is stuck in Janesville for another term while he's out in Washington dealing with known unknowns for an average of two days a week, for shame! How does he do it?

1 comment:

Lou Kaye said...

I lost this post before the election, it was titled as an image. Not that it would've made a difference.

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