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
Photo: Cliff on Flickr
Over paid. In the real world they would be fired and put in jail for some of the stuff they pull. Besides they make much more outside of what ey get paid ..
My tax dollars should not be squandered!
idiot
This only shows how out of touch of reality these people really are.
they need a serious cut in wages NOT A RAISE!!!
send them a message- start doing the job you are paid to do, or leave the job to one of the common citizens.
$#%&!@* that old mother $#%&!@*er….he needs to retire period
how much?
tell him don’t let the door hit him in the ass on the way out
If they were paid for what we voted them in to do, they’d own the taxpayers money!!!