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
Photo: Cliff on Flickr
they are underpaid ………..under the table paid by companies ,corperations ,banks, and foriegn interest………..allpaid under the trable ….better known now as underpaid
I wish I could vote me a pay raise!! Piglosey thinks it is beneeth her time to work for les!! Look up how much her wealth has increased in the last ten years?
Over paid yet they still accept gifts and bribes from big business and scams they perpetrate on their constituates
WHY DO THEY NEED A RAISE? THEY VOTE THEIR 5% RAISE’S IN EACH YEAR BUT TELL EVERYONE ELSE THERE IS NO COST OF LIVING INCREASE SO THEY GIVE THE SOCIAL SECURITY & DISABILITY PEOPLE ONLY 1.7% OR NOTHING AT ALL.
poor baby,we don’t pay them enough? and this is why they spend millions to get a job ,that don’t pay them enough and they love their constituents so much that they agree to work in spite of heartless people who don’t want to give them more money ? I am shocked !
Overpaid they should not be paid 10 times the average americans salary ! Pay them $50,000 per year cap !!!! they keep writing themselves raises while destroying our country ! make them balance the budget before they get paid anything !!!!
Hell no.
Are you kidding me ???
NO
This guy should have never been elected to Congress. This is exactly what entitlement based thinking does to the brain he actually thinks they deserve a raise when they underperform? Not a clue get hem and all both D&R out Term limits RULE!!!