Congress gets cost-of-living increase; Social Security doesn't

I don't know if I've touched on this yet or not.

I may have speculated that Congress might find a way to give itself a pay raise even though Social Security and military benefits don't get a cost-of-living increase this year.

Or I might have just assumed that members of Congress were going to have to get by on a measly $174,000 a year again.

Well, guess what?

Congress is now being more blatant than ever in giving itself a pay raise it doesn't deserve.

Lawmakers have already decided that Americans who get Social Security, disability, or military benefits don't get a cost-of-living raise for the next year - citing a lack of inflation. Yet these same legislators are giving themselves a cost-of-living pay raise of $4,700 - because of inflation.

So now it's "inflation for me, not for thee"?

What a bunch of parasites Congress is. They starve Grandma so they can pay themselves thousands more a year.

You know what I'd like to see happen? Since the Kelo v. New London ruling let the government swipe property to be given to private parties, I'd like to see the states take this extra $4,700 from each member of Congress and distribute it among recipients of Social Security and other benefits. That would serve Congress right.

Furthermore, for Congress to give itself any pay raise before its term is up is unconstitutional. Yet they've been doing it for years, and nobody reins them in. This began under the corrupt Republican congressional leadership of the '90s (even after they assailed the Democrats for accepting pay increases while it was still legal).