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 $52,000. Leadership positions are compensated higher.
Additionally, the “board of directors” has not exactly been delivering for their “shareholders.” Unemployment remains a staggering 6.7 percent, and the labor participation rate hovers at historical lows.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
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MORON!!!!
They are over paid with millions to run their office travel money. They have so many perks that are not counted in their cash salary. Try living on what the common person lives on without any perks.
THEY ARE OVER PAYED, THEY NEED TO GIVE SOME OF IT BACK, OR GET WHAT THE SOLDIERS ARE PAID WHO RISK THEIR LIVES FOR THERE COUNTRY.
I say let`s vote them all out in November.
another “$#%&!@*”………..
let them piece’s of $#%&!@* try living on 700.00 a month
if they five themselves a raise.. then it IS TIME to rise up and smite them????
ABSOLUTELY NOT! They can deny veterans their rightful benefits and then feel nothing about giving a raise to themselves, just how stupid can these people be. The benefits that accrue to people in Congress are obscene to begin with.
lol he is a funny man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they are overpaid. give them a swift kick out of office.