tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001434439078518468.post7462483449509704235..comments2024-01-08T13:43:58.220-05:00Comments on Brillig: The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.The Brillig Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07886394602447693115noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001434439078518468.post-23182872351384550822009-03-20T16:38:00.000-04:002009-03-20T16:38:00.000-04:00The real kicker is that the pols knew about those ...The real kicker is that the pols knew about those bonuses and had more than one chance to take care of it--but they passed (or carried water around as you said). I think it has to do with your statement:<BR/><BR/>"They don't object when companies end their pension plans for employees while keeping lavish ones for CEOs." <BR/><BR/>Congress has their own healthcare, pension and security -- they don't want to shine the light on the fact that Congress doesn't have to use Medicare or live off of social security or save in a 401k/roth/ira like the rest of us. No siree, they leave the executives alone on those issues because it would be the pot calling the kettle. While they underfund or don't fund Medicare, while they cut service and talk about adding services, while they wander around talking a good story--they don't actually have to live with the results. They, like the CEOs exempted themselves a long time ago.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234907275906877802noreply@blogger.com