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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Hell no.
they’re all over paid let them have pay freeze then we could balance the budget
absolutely not
NO! They are not UN-derpaid, they are overpaid by at least 100 grand per year! Kick the bums out!
this is a fact of wanton greed and $#%&!@*s who want nothing to do with politics except to get money and control to get more money and more power!!! for three or four months of work a year these asses in politics whine and bitch about their pay,, yet they do nothing to EARN what they are given by tax payers they all need to go on food stamps and see how the world they are in survives
Moran you are one ungrateful POS!!!
this guys gotta be on crack!!!!!!!!!!!
NO…OVERPAID SOUNDS MORE LIKE THE TRUTH.
Under worked and OVER paid!!
A good portion of them our crooks!! They should be fired. The rest of them.. need to vote in TERM limits .. max 8 years & NO bonus or retirement stuff either.