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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They are very much overpaid!
HELL NO they are OVER PAYED they need their salaries REDUCED
again shows the stupidity and greed of the democrat way of t hinking
Then quit a**holes!
this is a joke right?
I think that the members of Congress and Senate are the most overpaid and under-worked bunch of self centered, do nothing, $#%&!@*s that exist on planet earth. The whole damn bunch of them, along with the president, VP and all of Obama’s administration, along with all the rest of the Government workers, should all be put on a boat, taken to the middle of the ocean and set adrift….Or the boat sunk…either way everything might start to work better.
If I had a job, I didn’t think payed enough, I would find another then quit. Maybe he should quit. Them and this wonderful pres cannot run the country without burrowing money, this is proof that they don’t know how to manage money.
Hell no!! They are over paid for what they do which is Jack $#%&!@*!! They are a total disgrace to us all!!
THEN FIND ANOTHER JOB…
OOO CAN’T FIND ONE ??
THAT’S BECAUSE THERE ISN’T ANY…YOU OVER PAYER SON OF A BITCH ! !
MUST BE DEMOCRATIC GIVE ME OOO GIVE MORE ! !
I think they are grossly OVERPAID !!!!!