Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Sequester nearly starving staffers

My Comment:  Enough!  If Ms. Schultz knew what it was like to ‘starve’ I doubt she would have the audacity to suggest this.

President Obama has chosen Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida as the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, succeeding Tim Kaine, who announced Tuesday he is running for a U.S. Senate seat from Virginia. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Meanwhile, Ms. Wasserman Schultz’s staffers earn between $60,000 and $160,000 per year, Fox News reports.

Automatic federal cuts are bringing staffers to the brink of starvation, suggested Debbie Wasserman Schultz, at a recent House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee hearing.

Restaurants on the House side of Congress are increasing in cost so much that aides are being “priced out” of a good meal, she said, as Fox News reported. The comments came by way of a discussion about the impacts of the sequester on lawmakers’ office budgets. Rep. Jim Moran said he may be forced to lay off a staffer — and then Ms. Wasserman Schultz weighed in with her tale of hard times.

Just to clarify: An 8-ounce bowl of Ham and Bean soup at the Cannon Office Building’s carry-out café costs $2. A gourmet wrap or sliced bread sandwich sells for about $5. And in the Longworth Building’s sit-down cafeteria, a serving of stuffed chicken, asparagus and mashed potatoes sells for about $7, Fox News finds.

Meanwhile, Ms. Wasserman Schultz’s staffers earn between $60,000 and $160,000 per year, Fox News reports.

Washington Times.

(Hat tip to JD)



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