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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If he doesn’t like the pay get another job. Noboy forced you to take it…
over paid.
NO THERE ARE OVERPAID
i think members of congress should get paid exactly the same as our military.
Go to Washington and mess up.
Pay me their $170,000. salary and I’ll do their job. What a crock of $#%&!@* that they could even make the comment that they are not able to live on this salary. They should just quite their jobs, get a hobby and go on Obama Care and NOT get any more tax payers money. NO PENSION They need to pull their heads out of their asses and stop thinking that the American people are stupid
BOOBS. All of them are ARROGANT, NARCISSISTIC, DESTRUCTIVE, SELF SERVING BOOBS.
A Raise? You all should be fired!
They are payed way to much should be 50,000 a year 4 year term’s.
no….they should try to live on what we do.