https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/12/20/a-raise-for-congress-sarah-palin-and-a-poem/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 08:27:45 -0400<![CDATA[In the past, whenever I heard that Congress had voted itself a raise (Shh! Don&#8217;t spread the news around, Comrade!), I shrugged it off. &#8220;Nice work if you can get,&#8221; was my basic reaction. I did not think highly of members of Congress as a group&#8211;a preening bunch of socialistically-inclined bureaucrats, most of them, I thought&#8211;but they were necessary, as in a &#8220;necessary evil.&#8221; Somebody had to mind the wheels of gummint, and better they than I.]]>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:35:58 -0500<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2008/12/20/a-raise-for-congress-sarah-palin-and-a-poem-n115431