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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No!
I would love to be underpaid at 174,000 dollars a year.
If they got paid for what they actually accomplish, HELL YES
75% pay cut, give it to the military!
lets see, if I messed up like these clowns do, I would be fired. I believe you guys are over paid and under worked, so quit complaining and get to work
Show how disconnected they are from the American people
No. They’re not underpaid but most Americans who actually WORK for a living are.
I think their pay ought to be lowered to 15.00 dollars an hour, with coach ticket for no more than two to go home on, also to be paid wages by the hours worked… To go back home on days not workinf in cases of no work for a months period of time or more… To be given a weeks notice to be back on the job when work starts back up…A very limited expense account for travel in the D.C. Area… (This should limit the full timers attitude, along with term limits..)All we would see would be honest upstanding citizens running for office for the well being of our Nation… I have pastored a Church for a lot less and had to work at an extra job to make ends meet with a wife and 5 sons… If I can so can they…
hell no they don’t do any thing for the money they get now