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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Over paid and pampered like royalty. Besides they are useless in defending the Constitution and the Bill of Rights from Obama. So no more pay to them.
Oh yes. After bending the public over and cutting military pay, Democrat congressmen just really deserve a raise. NOT NOT NOT. 🙁
Are they kidding underpaid the useless $#%&!@*s get paid too much for doing nothing,and beside that there kick backs should be enough .Boy are they getting greedy or what screw them don’t give them another dime.
Sir, you are an idiot. You’ve been in the Ivory Tower so long you’ve lost track with reality. Take a look at what the average person makes now days, with a fraction of your benefits, working 260 days a year. I can’t believe that one of you folks said that a person on SS was greedy for expecting a benefit they had worked 40 or 50 years to earn. I bet you’re retirement is a little better than this, isn’t it? What a fool!!
this demmie should have a rope around his neck….
For no more than they do, their pay should be cut.
They should be paid as much as our troops
These thieving a–holes should pay us for their stupidity!!!
It’s time to retire if they think they need a raise. They don’t do enough to warrant a raise. If anything, they need to pay tax payers back for all the perks they took from us.
Minimum wage would be overpayment for them!!!