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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>A bailout tack on</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1709996.aspx</link><description>From NBC’s John YangThe House version of the auto industry bailout bill includes a cost-of-living pay raise for federal judges and Supreme Court justices. (Section 19, Paragraph c.)
A senior administration official says this was done with the administration's</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>A bailout tack on</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1709996.aspx#1710019</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:50:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1710019</guid><dc:creator>'stephanie, ft. pierce, fl.</dc:creator><description>ARE yOU KIDDING ME?????????????????????&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With the economic crisis and people losing their jobs and homes, they have the freekin audacity to tack this onto a bill that is designed to stop the loss of the American auto industry. &amp;nbsp;I AM SPEECHLESS BUT SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!</description></item><item><title>A bailout tack on</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1709996.aspx#1710023</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:51:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1710023</guid><dc:creator>Eric, Alexandria, VA</dc:creator><description>Good. Too few of the best legal minds in this country can't afford to become a judge. This is a step in the right direction, even though the vehicle is rather odd.</description></item><item><title>A bailout tack on</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1709996.aspx#1710056</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:55:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1710056</guid><dc:creator>KJ, Dallas, TX</dc:creator><description>WTH??????? &amp;nbsp;This is CRAZY!!!! &amp;nbsp;Pork on top of the problems that we are currently having?!?!?!?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Corruptness is soooo rampant in Washington.</description></item><item><title>A bailout tack on</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1709996.aspx#1710058</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:55:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1710058</guid><dc:creator>Diane from Illinois</dc:creator><description>Can't they EVER put anything through without an ADD ON? That's why we're so sick of the crap that goes on in Congress.</description></item><item><title>A bailout tack on</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1709996.aspx#1710102</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:01:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1710102</guid><dc:creator>We're Getting Taken to the Cleaners</dc:creator><description>We got a good dose of corruption from Illinois yesterday. Now we see a small piece of it at the federal level. When is this nonsense going to stop? Only when we demand it. Only when we stop treating these no-loads in Washington as if they were royality.</description></item><item><title>A bailout tack on</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1709996.aspx#1710134</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:07:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1710134</guid><dc:creator>MCJ   Colorado</dc:creator><description>Why give the judges a raise or anyone? This is a bill for auto industry, here we go, and they wonder why people are sick of politicians.</description></item><item><title>A bailout tack on</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1709996.aspx#1710184</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:18:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1710184</guid><dc:creator>Flat-earther, Georgia </dc:creator><description>They should be taking a 20% pay cut. </description></item><item><title>A bailout tack on</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1709996.aspx#1710223</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:29:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1710223</guid><dc:creator>Polly Anna</dc:creator><description>Hello, Congress? &amp;nbsp;The cost of living is DROPPING, owing to the recent monumental SCREW-UP of the economy. &amp;nbsp;You may have heard of it. &amp;nbsp;And maybe you ought to think about giving some of your own salaries back. &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>A bailout tack on</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1709996.aspx#1710241</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:33:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1710241</guid><dc:creator>fire them all, la quinta ca.</dc:creator><description>well, well. &amp;nbsp;just like the bamk bail-out, the dems in congress have to add on more pork to an already stupid bill. &amp;nbsp;say what you want about the repub., but the dems have never seen a bill that couldn't use a few more millions added on to, even if it has nothing to do with the origial.&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>A bailout tack on</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1709996.aspx#1710326</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:55:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1710326</guid><dc:creator>Indie Woman in Denver</dc:creator><description>Ditto -- ARE yOU KIDDING ME????????????????????? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Let me just point out that this is a HORRIBLE time to do anything about the Supreme Court Justices' salaries, given the hundreds of thousands of people who will be UNEMPLOYED if the automaker load doesn't get approved.</description></item><item><title>A bailout tack on</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1709996.aspx#1710361</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:04:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1710361</guid><dc:creator>Frank M Toms river, NJ</dc:creator><description>Apparently you missed the other tack on which is the bailout for the mass transit systems in the U.S. because they made some bad investments????? &amp;nbsp;Not the least of there problems. &amp;nbsp;Has anyone seen the Union pay scales.. &amp;nbsp;They would make even the auto Unions blush. &amp;nbsp;</description></item></channel></rss>