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Pity Poor GOP Congressman Duffy-and Poster Child for Birth Control-Struggling to Get By on $174,000 Per Year

mikethemadbiologist | April 2, 2011

I guess I'm so inured to wealthy conservatives complaining about how financially hard they have it that Republican Congressman Sean Duffy's complaint about money wasn't what bothered me about this utterance: At a town hall meeting in Polk County, Wisconsin earlier this year, Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) was asked whether he'd vote to cut his $174,000 annual salary. Duffy sort of hedged, and went on to talk about how $174,000 really isn't that much for his family of seven to live on.... Here's what Duffy says about his salary: I can guarantee you, or most of you, I guarantee that I have more debt…

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