At over three times the median U.S. household income, this Democratic congressman thinks he and his fellow representatives deserve a raise.
Rep. Jim Moran (D., Va.) told CQ Roll Call members of Congress are “underpaid” and he plans to introduce an amendment to correct the injustice.“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,” he said.
While that claim is not technically true (the European Union is the largest economic entity in the world), let’s assume for a moment that being on the U.S. “board of directors” should warrant a raise for Congress.
Congressional salaries have been frozen since 2010, but regular members still pull in $174,000 per year – more than triple the 2013 median U.S. household income of $52,000. Leadership positions are compensated higher.
Additionally, the “board of directors” has not exactly been delivering for their “shareholders.” Unemployment remains a staggering 6.7 percent, and the labor participation rate hovers at historical lows.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
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No and they need to be paid like every other American according to the “productive work” they do for the people
NO ON THE CONTARY THINK THEY ARE OVERPAID-because they have had SIX Years under this president and done nothing except make deals with big business and fatten their own bank accounts but nothing for the people they work for!
no they are way over paid
They are over paid for the amount of work that they do.
Ask Trey Gowdy what he thinks.
they all over paid for doing nothing
hell no if any thing they are over paid for doing nothing.
HELL NO
They are way overpaid. Let them get along on a military E-1 one paycheck for a year or so.
hell no, they aren’t overpaid, they get all this vacation time, they can’t agree on anything and nothing gets done. They should be earning minimum wage