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DCKit

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1. Cut the STAFFING levels of Congress, and you'll see some real money saved.

Reply to luckyleftyme2 (Original post)

Tue May 22, 2012, 05:41 AM

May 2012

It's not the salaries of Congress, it's the overhead - staff, travel, perks and so many other things us mere mortals don't even know about.

A billion here, a billion there and, pretty soon, you're talking about real money.

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this is an expert? oh really! [View all] luckyleftyme2 May 2012 OP

Cut the STAFFING levels of Congress, and you'll see some real money saved. DCKit May 2012 #1