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Cutting salaries exclusively of Congressmembers will only ensure that nothing but millionaires serve. Those folks of modest means (more likely OUR people) won’t be able to afford to do so. It’s the bureaucracy that needs to be cut down.

Actually you have it backwards. We have millionaires serving now, almost exclusively. A low salary, coupled with laws which would eliminate most of the perks of a legislature member, would mean more ordinary citizens would serve and it would help to eliminate the permanent politicians. The fact is, even with their pay cut in half, they would still be earning much more than the average wage earner in this country.

Along with the pay cuts and perks elimination we would have to make sure their health plans and their retirements were done away with and make them have to draw SS. We would see some action on SS if that happens, I can guarantee it.

Cutting salaries exclusively of Congressmembers will only ensure that nothing but millionaires serve. Those folks of modest means (more likely OUR people) won’t be able to afford to do so. It’s the bureaucracy that needs to be cut down.

Point taken. The fact is, we need TERM LIMITS combined with (just pulling a random figure out of my azz here) a 14 year FREEZE on ALL congressional salaries (elected and support staff alike), in addition to a freeze on hiring.

OR how about a stipulation that any new member of Congress with a net worth of over (again, just a random number) say, 3 million dollars will NOT receive a congressional salary but will serve in the public interest in lieu of any paid wages?