[greeneyes]

Boo Hoo a few years of frozen pay. Meanwhile many American citizens have had to deal with cuts in pay, no pay and no jobs, while searching for jobs, and adjusting to inflation due to the Feds money printing.

If their pay was based on performance, they would get zip, zero, nada.

[tumblindice]

Reminds me of Mayo-head bitching during the ‘sequester’ that her staffers couldn’t afford to eat at ‘decent’ restaurants.
The country’s ‘Give-a-Damn-meter’ is broke, you Beltway tools.

[RobinOfKingston]

Maybe Rep-a-zen-a-tif Jim should check with some of the janitors, clerks, taxi drivers, etc who also live and work in WDC to find out what they make ... and get by on.

[SuziQ]

Well, Congressman Moran is free to leave D.C., go home and find REAL work that pays REAL money, any time he wants.

[Milton Miteybad]

Rep. Jim Moron: "I think the American people should know that the members of Congress are underpaid," Moran said. "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."

And that "largest economic entity in the world," as you refer to it, is $17.2 trillion in debt, largely due to your feckless mismanagement and malfeasance. In short, you SUCK at your job, and have always SUCKED at it. You have always been comically overmatched by the challenges of your office. Instead of becoming a more skilled manager of this entity, you have chosen to overspend professionally, as well as, it appears, personally, such that we find you now cowering in the corner, sniveling about how you are underpaid for dumping your nation into the financial Porta-a-Potty.

If you had any personal integrity whatsoever, you would be refunding to the federal treasury all sums you have been paid since entering Congress in 1991. With accrued interest.

[sten]

salary for members of congress (and their staff) should be LOCKED at the median salary of the areas they represent

this would motivate them to help their home districts

[vaudine]

How much besides the $174,000 pay do they get in perks, allowances for staff, etc? Anybody?

vaudine

[Kozak]

The board of directors of THE LARGEST BANKRUPT ECONOMIC ENTITY IN THE WORLD.......

[TigersEye]

Quit! Get a different job.

[mbennett203]

"but the fact is that this is the board of directors for the largest economic entity in the world."

...'Kay. Fail. You're fired. Security will escort you out.

I heard this on the radio today and started a mocking baby crying noise (think It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia style). What a whiner. They want more money after their economic mismanagement and stripping us of our rights. "We're sleeping in our offices waaaahhhhh!", yeah and half of you jerks become millionaires in the shadiest ways while the rest of us actually work for table scraps. Shove your tears! All of you 'rats should be making license plates!

[Bigg Red]

Another elitist spouts off.

[leprechaun9]

There are millions of American VOLUNTEERS at all levels of government who are more responsive to the American people than most members of both outhouses of the Congress!

It is disgusting to see a crying Q-tip!

[CincyRichieRich]

Doc his pay per salary of each person’s job he destroyed. He owes us $ for being in Congress. To the gulag!

[Daveinyork]

then, stay the hell out of DC. The more time they spend in DC, the more of our money they spend.

[ExGeeEye]

1. Halve their salaries at least;

2. House them in military-style housing like that provided to field grade;

3. Wait a couple terms and see if they don’t term-limit themselves.

[Nip]

For those with short memories and the youngesters on this site.

This is not the first time that Congresscritters have complained about the high costs of living inside the beltway.

I have a very vivid memory from 1978 of a Congresscritter complaining about how difficult it was to maintain two residents - one in his district and one in DC. He too proposed a raise for all Congresscritters plus $ 50.00 per “Congressional Day” tax exemption for all Congresscritters. A “Congressional Day” was defined as any day that any part of Congress held a committee session. So, a properly scheduled session of Congress could provide a tax exemption every day even if the Congress was officially in recess.

What fired me up was that Congress decided that it was 3 times more dangerous for them to work inside the beltway than flying combat strikes in SEA. As a combat flyer I got a $ 500 per month tax exemption for every month I actually flew combat, one sortie or 30.

If Congress needs more money to live inside the beltway I suggest they first make use of all available government resources. This includes field conditions - a GP medium tent per Congresscritter, field showers and field mess. Then, since government quarters and meals are provided there is no additional per diem provided. If its good enough for our military, then it should be good enough for Congresscritters! After all they both serve the Republic and their service is critical to the Republic’s health. It’s only fair.

[JimRed]

So, do what working people who can’t afford to live where they work do; live where you can afford to and commute to work!