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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Most deserve a room with striped sunlight.
Don’t forget to add in their wages, the back office criminal income, bribes received, selling their votes.
hell no
Way Overpaid
$5.00 hour plus 1000.00 for every time they repeal a law that tries to take our Constitutional freedoms away. And 10 Million for getting us out of the un and for kicking the un off our shores.
over paid
oh RONALD I am with you
he should be doing this for free for being an american, he might also being paid under the table by lobbist
when they pay the American Soldiers what they make now, then they can have a raise..I’ll bring the ladder, if someone brings the pitchfork.
GET A REAL JOB!