I agree. They are not being paid appropriately. They shouldn’t be getting a dime for what those assholes do.
I agree. Congress is paid inappropriately. They make too damn much money for what they do. How about $35,000 / yr., they go on ObamaCare with NO taxpayer subsidies with a Max of two terms in office.........for starters.
If they have to maintain two residents at their expense, that take a chunk out of the high salary. You are looking at $35,000 for a modest place to live in DC? Now they are down to $130,000.
Since so many of our office holders are in it for the graft and corruption and kickbacks and sale of governmental favors ( just ask Hillary), We may as well just cancel all wages and benefits for the jobs. We will save a few bucks and there won’t be the slightest drop in the “quality” of politicians
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Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) says that people find it surprising that members of Congress are in “year nine without a cost of living increase” >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Alic, Alice, Alice!
According to Trump statisticians, the country has had a net decrease in wages for the last 18 years.
All you have to do Alice is to reduce US corporate income tax and capital gains and the economy will bloom. But no Alice, you and your idjit congress critters have effed things up so bad you should have a REDUCTION in wages, parallel to the rest of the country’s devolution over 18 years.
And EFF you to Alice ( in Wonderland!).
Congressional pay should be linked directly to military pay. Representatives should be paid like Army first lieutenants, Senators like Army captains. Or less.
Alcee Hastings?! Alcee Hastings? The impeached and convicted former federal judge who took a $150k bribe from the Mafia?! Yes, *that* Alcee Hastings.
The state that elected them should pay for them. They then could get a daily stipend while in session of 40 dollars a day from the federal government, and one round trip ticket back to their state and that is it!
He’s right. Their pay should be cut by 50%, their cushy retirement and health benefits should be eliminated entirely.
This black rat is one of the poster boys for corruption of all kinds in Federal government.
He is last rank in the net worth of congressmen with a measly $4.7 million.
Of course he thinks he is worth a lot more than that, from a Florida district with the average voter IQ hovering in the neighborhood of 40...
Just check out his legacy, and judge for yourself...
That he has lasted 19 years in the house is a testament to the sorry state of elected criminals.
He should have been jailed the first time he was convicted of serious crimes.
Clinton Pardoned him.
Does any more need be said?
Rep. Alcee Hastings (Debt Slavemaster-Fla.) should be in federal prison with the other members of the Gang of 535.
Land of the thieves...
…home of the slaves.
When you are not happy with your current compensation at your current employer, then go seek new a new employer like the rest of us do.
sez the convicted felon and only judge ever impeached since the civil war....
Maybe instead of term limits we should have “wealth limits”. Once you have snorted a certain amount from the trough you have to go home.
174k would be okay if no member could serve more than one term and no session could last more than three months and one session a year. Senators and congressmen should also lose a thousand dollars per page over 2 pages in any bill passed in one year.
This a hoot coming from a former federal judge who was removed from the bench for criminal behaviour and has somehow convinced his black constituents to reward his misbehavior on the bench with a seat in Congress. I guess they “love” the fact that “he’s getting over on whitey!” The man is pond scum!
Look at the increases in Social Security over the same time period. Net = ZERO, after paying increased Medicare costs.
Cut them to about 50k per year ...