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 overpaid and they know it.
Do you think they’re doing their jobs in properly representing the American people?
oh hell yeah!
No!!
No! If anything they are overpaid for the work that they have done! They are not representing what the people want but rather their own agendas! Many of them are millionaires thanks to the American people that voted for them!
HELL NO!
sickening!!!!!
He has never done anything for Virginians. He’s just more proof that the electoral system needs an overhaul.
they are below poverty at $174,000.00 a year!!!!!
Hell no !