Wednesday, November 20, 2024

I Sleep in My Office -- the Rest of Congress Should, Too

Republican House of Representative Buddy Carter, who represents Georgia's 1st Congressional District, writes in the Washington Post that he sleeps in his office and believes that all of congress should be required to do the same.

Posted by retort at 09:07 AM | 14 COMMENTS | permalink

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I've been on an "eating through history" YouTube/recipe kick recently, and into the 21 century, most of our politicians in Congress eat garbage - I don't even want to waste ingredients or time on the cookware to cook the slop that some of them call their favorite dishes.

Examples of WTF is wrong with these folks:
Get crackers, soak in water, mix them up, and bake them:
www.cookinwithcongress.com

Molded Asparagus Salad:
www.cookinwithcongress.com

Canned Salmon Casserole:
www.cookinwithcongress.com

#1 | Posted by GOnoles92 at 2024-11-20 10:16 AM

Rats, paywall.

#2 | Posted by mattm at 2024-11-20 02:10 PM

Clay Higgins does this too.

#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-11-20 03:16 PM

Because of the pay wall all I got to read is that Rep. Buddy Carter sleeps in his office and thinks all other Congressmen shold too. His salary is $74,000 per year so why can't he rent a room somewhere in Washington? i don't honestly care why he thinks this is a good idea so when the pay wall blocked ne from reading his entire op-ed about why he sleeps in his office.

#4 | Posted by danni at 2024-11-20 03:21 PM

"I don't wash my hands after wiping my ass, the rest of congress shouldn't either"

-Trump's nominee to run the most powerful military in the world

#5 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-11-20 03:52 PM

His salary is $74,000 per year so why can't he rent a room somewhere in Washington?

When I worked in Washington, my salary was $160K a year and I still needed a room mate. I also had another household in N.C., but $75K isnt what you think it is, especially in D.C.

#6 | Posted by boaz at 2024-11-20 05:28 PM

If I recall correctly, Paul Ryan did this as well.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-11-20 05:42 PM

The only way most congresspeople could possibly afford a nice home in D.C. as well as a nice home in their home district is corruption. The only other ways are sharing a flat with room-mates or Daddy's Trust Fund.

#8 | Posted by moder8 at 2024-11-20 09:24 PM

"His salary is $74,000 per year so why can't he rent a room somewhere in Washington?"

His salary is $74,000 per year is why he can't rent a room in Washington. At that income level, maybe he could afford a place somewhere in West Virginia.

#9 | Posted by madbomber at 2024-11-21 01:26 AM

#7

When I was still in the military, a girl who worked for me went to work in DC. Her and her husband paid something like $1.4M for their house in the city.

#10 | Posted by madbomber at 2024-11-21 01:36 AM

His salary is $74,000 per year

It's actually $174,000.

#11 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-11-21 01:55 AM

Maybe if Congresspeople spent less time in DC interracting with lobbyiests and more time in their districts, interracting with their consituents, we would have actual "representative" government that the founders intended.

#12 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-11-21 12:47 PM

archive.ph Does this link bypass the paywall?

#13 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-11-21 12:48 PM

10 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER

They must have really wanted to live in the District. 1.4m can get you totally different property types whether it be over the bridge in North VA, DC proper, or the portion of Maryland that'son the DC metro line.

#14 | Posted by GOnoles92 at 2024-11-21 04:06 PM

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