Grant Mitchell You Silly, Frivolous, Hyperbolic Man

That does it! CAP TERMS AND SALARIES FOR ALL POLITICIANS!

Shout it with me! Come on!

Anyone with the responsible thought of realizing we need to reform our pension plans and curb spending is up against an emotional wall of resistance that lacks any logic.

Enter Liberal Senator Grant Mitchell when he claimed that if pension benefit reform happens his colleagues will head for a life of crime.

Using these gems:

“All of our MPs are above reproach, but the pressures of not making enough money can become an issue and that is why [take-home salary] needs to be maintained at a certain level,” Mitchell said.”We could talk about brown paper bags with cash in it, because there is pressure all the time. That is why pay needs to be absolutely adequate.”

Wow. This is Senator material these days I reckon. So much for "serving the public." Is he insinuating he can be bought if he doesn't get more? Millions of people across this continent struggle to make the cut but don't turn to crime. You know?

“Adequate,” of course, is a matter of opinion. Members of Parliament start at a base salary of $157,731, while senators  make $132,300 plus allowances (and don’t have to worry about re-election every four years either). It’s worth noting that a new senator or MP doesn’t have to climb a compensation ladder based on their skill or experience: they get full pay on Day One."

CANADIANS PAY $24 for every dollar (that's $1 fucking dollar) MP's kick in for their pension. You try and explain to me how this is remotely fair? And these are the yahoos who keep talking about "we're in this together" bull shit.

Remember. He said "the pressures of not making enough money." What's the median income in Canada? $49 000? I'd say $157 000 a year gig is more than sufficient for the light workload.

These are the people who "fight" for the middle-class?

How about this. CUT TAXES and stop feeding people with fear-mongering bull shit that if we don't spend on the welfare monster we're all going to die. Try it for a change.

He continues according to the article:

"If one gets here and has that mortgage and a couple of kids in university, or one ends up getting a chance to go to Harvard that one had not anticipated, the furnace blows up, the car breaks down, a new one must be bought, one cannot opt out. One cannot stop paying that 25 per cent of one’s pay because we are all locked in, period,” the Liberal senator said."

Could you believe this guy? You can't go to Harvard? Boo-hoo-hoo. Sorry, that's not our problem. I don't know what your mortgage is. For all I know you took on one that was too big for your shoes or head. I can go on and on but it's sickening to read this from a politician. It points directly to the ailing mindset in the West.