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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hell 50% to much !!!!!!
If anything they deserve a pay cut.
Fire them all!!
no way they are overpayed need to be cut back on there pay
100 percent to much
vote him out so he can go to work in order to earn more
Kick them all out, an start over.
Over paid might be a better term, they don’t work half of the year, probably less.
Why shoulds we pay for some thing we are not getting?
they will just go ahead and vote for their own raises. They always do and no they don’t deserve it. They should be paid an hourly rate for the number of hours they actually show up for work and that may be as many as 113 days per year. Who else do you know that can vote for their own raises, benefits and get paid thousands and thousands of dollars by all the lobbyists who are buying their votes?