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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Makes me want to dry for him (dirt bag)
They are way over paid
remember this is for life he will get 174,000 plus free health insurance,not Unaffordable Care Act UCA and all the other benefits and possibly armed guards to protect him, even though we should not be armed
joke right….got to be. do you give people a pay raise just because they are alive.
If they were underpaid they would not be able to go out and buy new clothes, they would have to wear the same clothes until they have holes or worn out, would not have to struggle to put groceries on their table, would have to struggle to pay their bills, would not be able to buy new vehicles when they felt like it, would not be traveling to other places when they wanted to, They would not have mansions, a pool or luxuries, they wouldn’t be threatened foreclosures on their homes IF they had a home. They would not be able to go out to dinners. Instead, they might have to pray for help, love each other, an count their pennies. I could go on and on, but do I think they are underpaid…..guess. Maybe, if they had less, they might go to Church, appreciate and be grateful that they have what they do have; and appreciate G-D more and each other. They would help one another with their struggles an would find the happiness that they are in lack of.
under paid my ass….. they are way over paid and for what ? I dont think they even work taht hard to earn what they make … Its rediculus
Do what you are forcing us to do….. GET A PART TIME JOB YOU DOUCHCANOE…… I carry a firearm for work and am constantly out in the elements putting my ass on the line and have never seen anything close to 40K. Your fat ass sits in an air conditioned office all day with people like me protecting you and you have the GALL TO P**S AND MOAN ABOUT YOUR PAY… $#%&!@* YOU !!!!!!!
Over paid and under brained
Their asses should have to live on $50 grand like the rest of us. Maybe they won’t stay there so long, the secret is 75% of dem are millionaires and don’t want to use there own money to stay there.
no