Profitable?

Here in the bottom rungs of the private sector, we find quickly that if the company does not do well, WE do not do well. That is, no more bonuses, no raises, COLA? WHAT'S THAT?

BUT IN THE GOVERNMENT, they vote themselves raises EVERY CHANCE THEY GET! If the were working in an actual COMPANY, it would be out of business by now. Because despite a $3+TRILLION deficit, THEY'LL GET ANOTHER RAISE NEXT YEAR! It SAYS in the rules that no U.S. representative HAS to accept a raise. But I'll bet in the time since they started accepting pay, we could count without going over 100 how many reps turned their raises down. And even then, if they turned a raise down, what other perk got added to their purse?

We all know that the CEO's of companies make obscene amounts of money while they lay off workers because they "can't afford" to keep them. But our representatives just keep on accepting raises. Maybe we should give them $100 a year until the deficit is $0?