Posted on 12/20/2024 9:53:57 AM PST by McGruff
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Though Americans were up in arms when news broke that lawmakers were pushing to give themselves an increase in salary, members of Congress insisted that they needed the pay increase to keep up with the inflation they caused.
Representatives were quick to defend the proposed pay increase in the face of heavy criticism, citing the need to keep up with the rising cost of living due to the economic difficulties caused by Congress' failure to address rampant inflation.
"The last pay increase we voted to give ourselves just isn't cutting it," explained House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. "We need more money to make ends meet after we've spent the last several years making sure everything is more expensive and making sure nobody's money goes as far as it used to. Not only do we deserve this raise, but quite frankly, we need it to pay our bills. And that's what taxpayer dollars are for — paying for someone else's expenses."
Sources from within closed-door congressional meetings warned that legislators may be forced to find ways to solve inflation if they are unable to obtain raises. "How else do taxpayers expect us to keep affording things they can't afford themselves?" one congressman asked under the condition of anonymity. "We've worked hard to make sure living in the United States isn't cheap, and we think we deserve a little reward for that hard work. Is that so wrong?"
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Lets see...SS cola 2.5%. VA disability cola 2.5%. So, yea 40% for CONgress seems equal.......
“Let me get this straight...the inflation Congress caused through enacted legislation warrants a pay raise for them.”
“Have I got that right?”
The US is stuck with a federal government. The only realistic alternative is split up and pay for the national debt via uniform taxation on corporations across what is now the US.
The US is pretty much stuck with having to pay a Congress, so the federal government needs to pay them substantially more than GS-5 clerks if we are going to get elected Republicans to stick around after election.
The anti-MAGA forces will pick off the Republicans in Congress Trump needs by offering them $300,000+/year jobs if the taxpayers don’t cough up more than $175,000.
Don’t be penny-wise and pound-foolish.
“What Is the Average Gs 5 Salary by State”
“District of Columbia $110,942”
“North Dakota $103,878”
“Nebraska $93,606”
https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-GS-5-Salary-by-State
$1,500
March 4, 1789
$2,000
March 3, 1817
$3,000
December 3, 1855
$5,000
December 4, 1865
$7,500
March 4, 1907
$10,000
March 4, 1925
$9,000
July 1, 1932
$8,500
April 1, 1933
$10,000
April 4, 1935
$12,500
January 3, 1947
$22,500
March 1, 1955
$30,000
January 3, 1965
$42,500
March 1, 1969
$44,600
October 1, 1975
$57,500
March 1, 1977
...
$89,500
February 4, 1987
$125,100 Senators
$101,900 Representatives
January 1, 1991
$129,500 both
January 1, 1992
...
$165,200
January 1, 2006
https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/97-1011GOV.html
“North Dakota $103,878”
Average salary for a non government worker in North Dakota is around $41,000.
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“They knew what the salary was when they ran for office. If it wasn’t enough they should have stayed home.”
Do you want Trump to fail because of ~$65 million/year?
If Trump fails because some people weren’t aware of DC housing costs, you may be looking at $498,000/year, $130 million/year and All-Out Communism.
no cola for congress
let them suffer the consequences of their actions
they will have to survive on their insider trading ill gotten gains
You get what you incentivize. I say offer them a 1% increase in salary for every 1% of government spending they cut. Seems fair.
I f they stayed in their districts 2/3 of the year they wouldn’t need a raise.
Thanks.
I propose that every member of Congress should be paid the mean per capita income.
I don’t know if it’s funny or frightening that if you remove the byline from the article, it has become difficult to impossible to tell satire from fact when discussing modern politics or culture.
Congress caused the inflation. They should get a pay cut as punishment.
"No no no. You simply don’t understand. Congress NEEDS a raise because of out of control inflation, because of out of control Congressional spending. See? /s"
HA HA ONLY SERIES!!!!
Their wages should just be a simple formula tied to US median wage, personal, not household income. Say 3 times the US median wage after taxes.
Ah, crap ... the Bee got me again ....
Need Pay Raises To Keep Up With The Inflation.
Yep even the hooker prices went up
Bee could use that one
EVEN IF THE OTHER NUMBER I HEARD OF 3.8% is correct-—THAT is 52% more than we are getting in SS.
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