“Weiner Will Keep Collecting $174,000 Congressional Salary While on Leave”
CNS:
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) will continue to collect his $174,000 taxpayer-funded salary without interruption while he is taking a leave of absence to seek “professional treatment,” according to the House Administration Committee, which has oversight over the congressional payroll.
In a 365-day year, a congressman’s $174,000 annual salary works out to $476.71 per day.
Weiner announced Saturday through a spokeswoman that he would be taking a leave of absence from his duties in the House of Representatives.
“Congressman Weiner departed this morning to seek professional treatment to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person,” said spokeswoman Risa Heller.
I was tempted to say that getting paid nearly $500 a day to stay away from Congress is yet another example of fiscal irresponsibility and government irresponsibility — complete with a rail against paying farmers not to grow, or paying postal workers to sit idly in a quiet room — but then I remembered that Weiner is a big spending, big government, entitlement-seeking leftist Democrat, and so it occurred to me that the $500 we as tax payers are shelling out for each day he’s away is probably a solid investment toward keeping the government smaller and more fiscally sane.
So, there’s that.
Of course, keeping him away and not paying him makes the most fiscal sense. But beggars can’t be choosers, right?
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