The Outrage Thread

[bbgun]

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Deadspin gonna Deadspin.

 

[jsmith6919]

 

[Cotton]

WTF??

 

[jsmith6919]

 

[ravidubey]

Don't know why they don't just use life insurance like companies normally do.

I guess they have determined the premiums for 535 odd ancient-assed congressmen every month/year would greatly exceed just paying the 174K-- which is a really cheap-assed death benefit, btw

Most big companies offer at least 2x salary, and with a small premium up to 5x salary.

 

[jsmith6919]

Don't know why they don't just use life insurance like companies normally do.

I guess they have determined the premiums for 535 odd ancient-assed congressmen every month/year would greatly exceed just paying the 174K-- which is a really cheap-assed death benefit, btw

Most big companies offer at least 2x salary, and with a small premium up to 5x salary.

If they all didn't come to Congress and become multi-millionaires thru insider trading and lobbyist kickbacks I might not have as big a problem with it

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Don't know why they don't just use life insurance like companies normally do.

I guess they have determined the premiums for 535 odd ancient-assed congressmen every month/year would greatly exceed just paying the 174K-- which is a really cheap-assed death benefit, btw

Most big companies offer at least 2x salary, and with a small premium up to 5x salary.

Because they also get life insurance...

 

[jsmith6919]

Because they also get life insurance...

Good point

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Because they also get life insurance...

Exactly. Why settle for regular life insurance like an ordinary peasant when you can steal 174k more?

 

[ravidubey]

Because they also get life insurance...

They can participate in federal group life insurance (a federal group term program called FEGLI), and they have to pay premiums.

The 174K is a 1x salary death benefit— base level pay similar to many US emp benefits out there. Most US corporations pay 2x or more automatically— before any additional life insurance is purchased.

Basically this shit is normal.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

They can participate in federal group life insurance (a federal group term program called FEGLI), and they have to pay premiums.

The 174K is a 1x salary death benefit— base level pay similar to many US emp benefits out there. Most US corporations pay 2x or more automatically— before any additional life insurance is purchased.

Basically this shit is normal.

FEGLI is what Federal Employees get. So no it's not normal. If it was normal all Federal employees would get 174k extra when they die on the job. They don't. So what you're talking about is not normal. It's above and beyond what the normal folks get. Which is sort of the point of all this. And frankly Federal employees get better benefits than most.

Now 174,000 is a drop in the bucket compared to most government spending so I get that it's not a "big deal" but it's also the problem. They aren't spending their money. They are spending our money and they have no sense in the fact that their spending has real life consequences on the public. It's why we are in the crazy inflation crisis that we currently find ourselves in.

It's like if I want to give money to a charity. That's great but what if instead of my money I got to give your money to charity. Well it would make it a whole lot easier to donate.

 

[boozeman]

Fuck off.

 

[mcnuttz]

Fuck off.

Oh come on, what is the worst that could happen?

You have GOT to trust the medical science!

 

[Chocolate Lab]

You're an insurrectionist grandma killer if you don't swallow the tracking pill

 

[bbgun]

doomed as doomed can be

 

[jsmith6919]

Fuck off.

The Alex Jones was right jar is getting pretty full

 

[boozeman]

This is funny to me.

 

[Cotton]

This is funny to me.

According to realists, it's because of vaccine mandates.

 

[ravidubey]

This is funny to me.

Just a natural extension of the Great Resignation