Those are the ABOVE-the-table amounts.
They don’t include the UNDER-the-table perks.
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If our Congresscritters had any real ethics, they would reveal how much they have deposited in off-shore accounts since becoming Congresscritters. Most Americans would be shocked at the amounts.
Why else would a person spend $Millions to get elected to a job with a salary of $174,000 per year?
With the cost of living in D.C., $174K would put you towards the higher end of a comfortable middle class. Not the life of an elitist princeling that these people live.