I’ll bet many of my Dear Readers are shocked at the above
Subject of the Blog Posting. I’ll go out on a limb and say that many of you don’t
even think it is legal to save the taxpayers any money much less a lot of
money.
This revolutionary idea comes to us from the world of
Professional Tennis. Last year the Grand Slam Tournaments instituted a new
policy whereby they can Fine First Round Players for not trying. In
other words, the players can now be fined for the transgression of not making
any effort to earn their prize money by trying to win their prize money.
It actually happened this year at the just-completed
Wimbledon Grand Slam. A player made so little effort against a player who is on
the downside of a once bright career that he was fined His Entire Purse of $56,000.
He put out so little effort that he could honestly go back
to wherever he came from and answer his next-door neighbor this way when asked,
“Did you play at Wimbledon this year?” by saying, “No”.
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So much for this Blog’s Introduction because I can see you
are wondering how Saving Taxpayer Money fits into any of this. The
answer may surprise you because it comes from a place where you never think of
when you think of Saving Money…the Congress of these United States.
How many times have you seen a Member of Congress on TV that
you have never seen or even heard of before? It happens to me a lot.
I know I am looking at a Member of Congress who is a
candidate for having his entire Salary Forfeited when I Google the
never-before-seen Member of Congress and find out he has been in Congress for
27 Years and his career high point was when he renamed his Hometown Post Office
in the Name of His Brother-In-Law.
A huge amount of taxpayer money could be saved if these
Do-Nothing Members of Congress were to forfeit their salaries and be forced to
make do by living off Padding Expense Accounts and Kick Backs from Special
Interest Groups. (They will still be well “paid”.)
As Captain James Tiberius Kirk used to say on those TV
Commercials, “This could be big, realty
big!”
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
Lagniappe:
If we could then start taking back the salaries of those Members of Congress
that do something stupid, both Captain Kirk and Forrest Gump would really get excited.
4 comments:
On the other hand, NASCAR fines the participants for trying too hard.
One of my favorite quotes regarding performance is from the first Ghostbusters movie.
Dr. Raymond Stantz: "You don't know what it's like out there! I've WORKED in the private sector. They expect results"
Apparently Congress pay falls into the category of Appearance Money.
I think you may be on to something. It could be really big.
Good one, Fella. Sounds like a plan to me!
Actually, I think it is the elected officials who do something that cost us the most money.
Really think you are on to something and enjoyed it and the comments from readers. But would end NFL exhibition games unless you just didn’t bother to put the first teams in at all in lieu of the one or two series.
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