Right now we have two groups in congress: the very rich that don't need a high income, and morons that are over-paid and couldn't get a job doing anything else.
Offering more money would bring in more candidates of higher quality.
Where the congressman errs is in suggesting that the current congress deserves more money. Probably not.
But offering substantially more money for the next congress would bring in all sorts of quality people. Many in the current congress would probably lose their jobs to new challengers.
This person lives in outer space. Congress people are way overpaid. Should be about half of current pay and maybe even less than that. All they do is spend the nation into bankruptcy. Should really be in jail.
“I understand that it’s widely felt that they underperform, but the fact is that this is the board of directors for the largest economic entity in the world.”
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How can one brag about his lack of accomplishments especially when the ‘entity’ is 17 trillion (give or take) in debt?
I have figured before we should just pick a number, say 2 million each per year.
The only perk would be the building to meet in and Security while at the building.
Your staff would come out of the 2 million.
Your housing would come out of the 2 million.
If you want to hire your wife, your mother, your mother in law etc, no problem.
Go off on a ‘fact finding’ junket, pay your own way.
Your transportation would be PAID once a year for the ‘annual mandatory meeting’ to and from your home district.
A caller on Chris Plante this AM suggested that since they want to down size the Military, take some of the Military housing and let ‘them’ (Congress) live there.
Another one suggested taking St Elizabeths and turning it into Congressional Housing and Quarters.
No one in elected office at any level should get more then a base salary of $100,000.00
Healthcare through Obamacare
Gas allowance if they use their own car/ with documentation
A small allowance for office/material etc.
Term limits on ALL elected offices of 2 terms.
No lifetime pension either. They pay into SS like everyone else.
A lot of people are underpaid these days, deal with it.
He’s not counting what they steal.
This guy has announced his retirement. That’s why he can get away with this kind of laughable stuff.
If they’re so underpaid why do they go to extreme and illegal methods to get re-elected?
I actually agree: Term limits and better pay. The conservative movement loses their budding collegiate talent to better paying vocations everyday. Make it a little more lucrative and some great conservative political talents just might stay in the fray after college.
I ain’t buying every congress critter a house in the DC area so (s)he can lobby congress from the floor after getting voted out of office.
PAY YOUR OWN WAY, DAMMIT