"They Disgraced the Office, But You Still Pay for Their Pensions"

You are talking about Bill Clinton, as well obviously.

If they break the law and are convicted then they should loose their pension and all perks....

If he was a democrat he would have kept his job! That $165k+ per year for the perv.

Congress has I believe granted themselves much increased pensions and earlier vesting compared to other federal employees. You would think they could agree that a member of Congress convicted of a felony deriving from their work in Congress isn't entitled to the accelerated pension rules. That would be an excellent incentive to avoid criminal behavior while carrying out their public duties.

Forget the democrats? Oh I am sorry, two were pardoned by Pres Clinton, one just passed away, and the others are still serving, thanks to the folks in Mass. Names: Reps Reynolds, Rostenkowski, Studds, Frank, and Senator Kennedy.

Isn't it strange how they can vote themselves a pension, health care, and other benefits for which the people have to pay!
I think it is a disgrace. They should have to meet the same requirements as our military.Maybe a junior congressman should start at the same pay grade as an army captain and be promoted one grade for each term in office. That is approximately how it works for our fighting forces and they are putting their lifes on the line.
They should have to use military doctors and stand in line with our soldiers.

Our great elected officials! 99.9% of these people are so out of touch with real americans that nothing they do surprises me. How many of our leaders have children in the Armed Forces? I believe its one.
Stopping the pensons is a no brainer! Which is why it'll never happen.

Crime does pay.

Typical Washington trash. They all protect themselves. No wonder other countries are discusted with us. We have a corrupt government.

I say if the vote to devoid the
fallen elected officals of their pensions are delsyed, they all have something to hide or are planning or anticipating to
to do no good....the lawmakers
make the laws for their own personal gain and to hell with
all of us or morality.......
they all suck.

I'll bet these people if caught in the Soviet Union would get zip,nada,only some time in the Gulag and it's not a federal "vacation" near Palm Beach either! How low are we going to sink???

It depends if they have the minimun number of honorable service. Also, isn't the pension really the Thrift Savings Plan? You can't take that away.

Thank you for bringing this to the attention of all readers. Lawmakers can write the laws so that they get an automatic cost of living increase. But, they don't pass a similar law for those earning minimum wage. We need the media to expose outrageous and wasteful activities of all people who have been given power and authority. They should display an excellent example for us all. If not, they should be removed.

Anyone and everyone can sue these Congressman under the Federal RICO act.

All citizens have standing in the courts for a civil action and money damamges for racketeering.

Go for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If all of us would stop pushing that one political party is getting off better than the other and start realizing that it is the taxpayers that are getting the short end of the stick, we might get some where.

Probably aren't any Democrats that fill that bill eh?

Only Republicans on the list. Give me an effing break.

It never ends with these pols. We have to stop voting them back in! Even the ones that look honest seem to be bought out in their first term. Anyone familiar with Marty Meehan from Massachusetts? He ran on term limits and against junket trips. Went on a junket two months after he got elected and changed his mind on limits 2 terms later. MA still re-elected him! Now his staff tries to rewrite his online encyclopedia history!

I think what Mark Foley did lacked judgement and was unforgiveable. Everyone has been through difficulties in life, but to rationalize the results of those, is not the way out. While the Foley scandal is in the forefront, Bill Clinton is still getting his pension, and one seems to wonder if standards of ethics or morality apply to any public figures. While to me any public official should be held up to a certain standard, a President is a much higher standard than a congressman. That said, in both cases their conduct was inexcuseable.

I receive a military service connected disability and if

I'm convicted of a felony my pay stops. Same should apply to congress.