I say give them a raise and shame them into doing better
The hours they rack up????
They are on vacation most of the time.
Do we really need a federal government?
it used to be we thought of them as “public servants”.
now, we think of them as parasites.
It should be pay based on results.....I know they wouldn’t agree to that..... Also it would cost more than 0.25 cents to print the check! LOL
Don’t like the pay, then they shouldn’t run. Easy enough. Nobody’s holding a gun to their head.
no one forces them to run for office. IMO they are WAY overpaid.
I’m all in favor of them working a lot less - like maybe a month a year.
One of the most dangerous person in the world is a hard working congressman. Each new law they pass is a restriction on our freedom.
I’d quadruple their salaries if they’d guarantee not one penny more is earned by them or their spouses, or homo boyfriends. It would be worth it. No more speaking fees or other payoffs. In fact, they should be required to stay on vacation too.
They should each take a 20% cut immediately and 25$ for the President. Same with their allowances. Right off the top.
Nice job, Mr. Moody. Last I checked, there were 535 members of Congress. Senators make the same amount of money as Representatives. Doofus.
Would you pay a baseball pitcher $174,000 if he couldn’t throw the ball over the plate?
Would you pay a babysitter $174,000 if she left your children to play in the street?
Would you pay your accountant $174,000 if he not only lost your money, but left your family hundreds of thousands of dollars in the red?
Take away all their benefits and give them a slight raise.
That way they might try to get a clue about how the sheeple have to live.
These people make millions off of backroom deals.
Come to think of it, take their benefits away and freeze their pay.
Response: That is a notable achievement for which those in government have labored mightily over the years. They lie, steal, copulate like rabbits with little boys and girls, are avaricious drunken druggies, vain, eat like hogs and babble incessantly
All elected officials should be paid the average wage in the US. That includes the income of those without jobs but any Government assistance is not included in the tabulation. So, if the income averages out to be $50,000 a year, that’s what they get. Not a single penny more.
They should be paid far less, be under the same health care rules we are, pay into their own retirment like we do, and live under the same laws we do.
This isn’t Soviet Russia, we don’t have party apparachiks , zampolits, or a politburo yet..
How about paying them the LOWEST wage from their districts based off their actual hours worked at the LOWEST pay rate from said districts?
Also, take out in taxes from said pay just like we get..
I say pay them twice as much for the time they are on vacation than for the time they are sitting in Capitol Hill. The less time for mischief in DC the better.
There's the problem right there. They should only be in Washington for a week twice a year. Americans would probably be willing to let them keep what they are making now just to get them the hell out of there and leave us alone.