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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Underpaid for what ?None of them are capable of doing their job and have already proved it.They are all a joke…overpaid,”REALLY “!!!
try living on my income you stupid $#%&!@*
fire him
NO THEY DO NOT DESERVE ANYTHING. I wish the states would draft eight qualified judges from each state on a rotating basis of six months at a time to do the work of the congress and senate, eliminate everyone else that has no business or affiliation with them. Replace the Supreme court judges with one lawyer each year from eleven states on a rotating basis, attorney general can be eliminated all together, remove all presidential powers, limit his vacation to 30 days just like the military and cut the pay to one half, No vacation trips for his family and no use of government travel alone as in the military aircraft, term limit to one, eliminate the EPA, Farm Assistance, no aid to countries that are hostile or bad mouth us, revert back to no government health care. Increase the military to six hundred or eight hundred thousand strong, no civilian personnel in the pentagon only military, increase military spending to unlimited for strong defense, erect an electrified fence to a depth of 100 feet and water an additional thirty feet and voltage of four thousand volts, between Mexico and the US from California all through Texas, armed guards with orders to shoot to kill anyone caught flying over in the restricted zone.
They all need a SWIFT KICK in the Butt, they don’t deserve the pay they already have……
the congress is way over paid
Nope!!!!!
no not at all
Hell no,KICK HTM OUT
Oh, get real!! All they want to do is take away SS, etc. from the “others”, but never think about taking away any of their benefits, but just want MORE, MORE< MORE