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YOU pay them....Congressmen and Senators should earn $250K
The President should earn $1 mil
They would still be under paid
You get what you pay forThey aren't executives. They are public servants. Their salary and perks should be cut in half.$174K sucks for an executive salary
I doYOU pay them....Congressmen and Senators should earn $250K
The President should earn $1 mil
They would still be under paid
They can find housing out in the suburbs. They can rent a place and then have one of their higher paid aides as a room mate to offset the cost of housing. One does what hey need to do based on their level of income. They can take the metro which covers a wide area around DC.... It's called living within one's means.And yet I and many others manage to do so on far less than $174k a year.At a hearing regarding the 2016 Legislative Branch appropriations bill yesterday, Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) said that his salary of $174,000 a year simply isn’t enough to live on in Washington, D.C.
“It’s kind of a sad state of affairs that we are entering the seventh year of Congress not receiving a raise,” Hastings said. “In order for us to get a raise, we have to go to the public and prove that we deserve it. Well, I think we do.”
Congress’ current approval rating is 19 percent.
This poor congressman says he needs a raise because 174 000 isn t enough to live on Rare
The median household income in the U.S. is roughly $52k. It's around $90k in D.C. Hastings, a Democrat, the alleged party of the poor and down trodden, says Congress can't be expected to survive on $174k.
Does your job require you to maintain two full-time residences, one of them in the 4th most expensive city in the country?
Ok...And who says money is always THE solution?....These people are barely out of reach of the pitchforks. For a group of people paid so well they are no where near earning it.You get what you pay forThey aren't executives. They are public servants. Their salary and perks should be cut in half.$174K sucks for an executive salary
If you want to hire $85 k executives, that is what you will get
But they don't do their jobs responsibly. In fact our legislative branch is the least fiscally responsible of the Three.$174K sucks for an executive salary
Congressman are not executives....they are overpaid clerks.
Nonsense
Hate them or not, they are responsible for running the country
And yet I and many others manage to do so on far less than $174k a year.At a hearing regarding the 2016 Legislative Branch appropriations bill yesterday, Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) said that his salary of $174,000 a year simply isn’t enough to live on in Washington, D.C.
“It’s kind of a sad state of affairs that we are entering the seventh year of Congress not receiving a raise,” Hastings said. “In order for us to get a raise, we have to go to the public and prove that we deserve it. Well, I think we do.”
Congress’ current approval rating is 19 percent.
This poor congressman says he needs a raise because 174 000 isn t enough to live on Rare
The median household income in the U.S. is roughly $52k. It's around $90k in D.C. Hastings, a Democrat, the alleged party of the poor and down trodden, says Congress can't be expected to survive on $174k.
Does your job require you to maintain two full-time residences, one of them in the 4th most expensive city in the country?
They can find housing out in the suburbs. They can rent a place and then have one of their higher paid aides as a room mate to offset the cost of housing. One does what hey need to do based on their level of income. They can take the metro which covers a wide area around DC.... It's called living within one's means.And yet I and many others manage to do so on far less than $174k a year.At a hearing regarding the 2016 Legislative Branch appropriations bill yesterday, Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) said that his salary of $174,000 a year simply isn’t enough to live on in Washington, D.C.
“It’s kind of a sad state of affairs that we are entering the seventh year of Congress not receiving a raise,” Hastings said. “In order for us to get a raise, we have to go to the public and prove that we deserve it. Well, I think we do.”
Congress’ current approval rating is 19 percent.
This poor congressman says he needs a raise because 174 000 isn t enough to live on Rare
The median household income in the U.S. is roughly $52k. It's around $90k in D.C. Hastings, a Democrat, the alleged party of the poor and down trodden, says Congress can't be expected to survive on $174k.
Does your job require you to maintain two full-time residences, one of them in the 4th most expensive city in the country?
That's a horsecrap argument.I would love to hear a single argument that Congressmen or Senators should be paid less that isn't based entirely on jealousy and emotion.
I know, it's not fair. But if you work hard and pull yourselves up by your bootstraps, you can make that much too.
In fact, the only reason you're not making that much is because you're not working hard enough.
That's a horsecrap argument.I would love to hear a single argument that Congressmen or Senators should be paid less that isn't based entirely on jealousy and emotion.
I know, it's not fair. But if you work hard and pull yourselves up by your bootstraps, you can make that much too.
In fact, the only reason you're not making that much is because you're not working hard enough.
In fact, members of Congress can get by with doing very little other than show up for important votes and do a very poor job and still get paid gobs of money.
Their salary puts them in the top 3% of all wage earners. Most of them are wealthy one percenters.
Umm. My discussion is without passion or prejudice. I am simply expressing my expertise with managing a personal budget.They can find housing out in the suburbs. They can rent a place and then have one of their higher paid aides as a room mate to offset the cost of housing. One does what hey need to do based on their level of income. They can take the metro which covers a wide area around DC.... It's called living within one's means.And yet I and many others manage to do so on far less than $174k a year.At a hearing regarding the 2016 Legislative Branch appropriations bill yesterday, Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) said that his salary of $174,000 a year simply isn’t enough to live on in Washington, D.C.
“It’s kind of a sad state of affairs that we are entering the seventh year of Congress not receiving a raise,” Hastings said. “In order for us to get a raise, we have to go to the public and prove that we deserve it. Well, I think we do.”
Congress’ current approval rating is 19 percent.
This poor congressman says he needs a raise because 174 000 isn t enough to live on Rare
The median household income in the U.S. is roughly $52k. It's around $90k in D.C. Hastings, a Democrat, the alleged party of the poor and down trodden, says Congress can't be expected to survive on $174k.
Does your job require you to maintain two full-time residences, one of them in the 4th most expensive city in the country?
You're not asking them to live "within their means", you're suggesting that they live within your arbitrary decision of what their "needs" are.
Give me a reason that your feelings on this should be relevant to anyone.
$174K sucks for an executive salary
Umm. My discussion is without passion or prejudice. I am simply expressing my expertise with managing a personal budget.They can find housing out in the suburbs. They can rent a place and then have one of their higher paid aides as a room mate to offset the cost of housing. One does what hey need to do based on their level of income. They can take the metro which covers a wide area around DC.... It's called living within one's means.And yet I and many others manage to do so on far less than $174k a year.The median household income in the U.S. is roughly $52k. It's around $90k in D.C. Hastings, a Democrat, the alleged party of the poor and down trodden, says Congress can't be expected to survive on $174k.
Does your job require you to maintain two full-time residences, one of them in the 4th most expensive city in the country?
You're not asking them to live "within their means", you're suggesting that they live within your arbitrary decision of what their "needs" are.
Give me a reason that your feelings on this should be relevant to anyone.
And no I am not asking them to live within their means, I demand they live within their means. They represent US.. They are paid by US. "US" is the rest of the great unwashed masses that are required to.....wait for it.....Live within our means.
I find it so hypocritical of you lefties how you scream your heads off about the "wealthy" and how they 'have enough', 'don't pay their fair share', have too much' 'should pay 90% tax rates'...yet, when it comes to politicians, you offer a hall pass.
Go pound sand.
You'll realize you're looking in the wrong place for sympathy.
Tell ya what, see the Padre on your way out. He'll punch your ticket for you. Get my meaning?
Since you people on the left just adore polls, well, if you haven't been in the country for the last ten years, Congress has about a 10 to 15% approval rating. That means 85 to 90% of us think they are doing a poor job. And because we are paying them, what we say is all that matters.That's a horsecrap argument.I would love to hear a single argument that Congressmen or Senators should be paid less that isn't based entirely on jealousy and emotion.
I know, it's not fair. But if you work hard and pull yourselves up by your bootstraps, you can make that much too.
In fact, the only reason you're not making that much is because you're not working hard enough.
In fact, members of Congress can get by with doing very little other than show up for important votes and do a very poor job and still get paid gobs of money.
Their salary puts them in the top 3% of all wage earners. Most of them are wealthy one percenters.
Ok, we can start there.
What objective measure can you come up with to judge whether a member of Congress is doing a "very poor" job?
"Because you feel that way" doesn't count.
Since you people on the left just adore polls, well, if you haven't been in the country for the last ten years, Congress has about a 10 to 15% approval rating. That means 85 to 90% of us think they are doing a poor job. And because we are paying them, what we say is all that matters.That's a horsecrap argument.I would love to hear a single argument that Congressmen or Senators should be paid less that isn't based entirely on jealousy and emotion.
I know, it's not fair. But if you work hard and pull yourselves up by your bootstraps, you can make that much too.
In fact, the only reason you're not making that much is because you're not working hard enough.
In fact, members of Congress can get by with doing very little other than show up for important votes and do a very poor job and still get paid gobs of money.
Their salary puts them in the top 3% of all wage earners. Most of them are wealthy one percenters.
Ok, we can start there.
What objective measure can you come up with to judge whether a member of Congress is doing a "very poor" job?
"Because you feel that way" doesn't count.
Here's the rub......When those same people are asked about their Senators or House member, they say their people are doing a fine job. It's the other ones that we don't like. Incumbency.
Now...For specifics.....Oh let's take Civil forfeiture. The country is just finding out abiut this.
And there is pressure being brought to bear on Congress to pass legislation to rein in government power on this. Nothing has been done. THAT is doing a poor job......Or how about this....Would you not agree as a liberal that congress is not doing it's job by at least cobbling together a bill on immigration and at least get it out of committee? One that BOTH parties can live with? Would you not argue that Congress is doing a poor job on this issue?
Quite frankly I am sick and tired of our elected representatives acting with any urgency only when an upcoming election is on the line?
Would you not agree that these people act in the interests of those they represent instead of their own interests?
An OP used the term "executive"....Ok. lets put them in the private sector. How long do you think these people would last producing the same way as in Congress? I'd give them a month before they were asked to collect their things and vacate the premises.
174k is a nice salary no matter the job you stupid greedy fuck. And it is far to nice for the assholes in DC.$174K sucks for an executive salary
For you to tell me what I mean is not only presumptuous, it is in very poor form...Umm. My discussion is without passion or prejudice. I am simply expressing my expertise with managing a personal budget.They can find housing out in the suburbs. They can rent a place and then have one of their higher paid aides as a room mate to offset the cost of housing. One does what hey need to do based on their level of income. They can take the metro which covers a wide area around DC.... It's called living within one's means.And yet I and many others manage to do so on far less than $174k a year.
Does your job require you to maintain two full-time residences, one of them in the 4th most expensive city in the country?
You're not asking them to live "within their means", you're suggesting that they live within your arbitrary decision of what their "needs" are.
Give me a reason that your feelings on this should be relevant to anyone.
No, all you are doing is making emotional claims as to what you think is "right".
And no I am not asking them to live within their means, I demand they live within their means. They represent US.. They are paid by US. "US" is the rest of the great unwashed masses that are required to.....wait for it.....Live within our means.
You're not making any sense. How are Congressmen currently not "living within their means"?
I find it so hypocritical of you lefties how you scream your heads off about the "wealthy" and how they 'have enough', 'don't pay their fair share', have too much' 'should pay 90% tax rates'...yet, when it comes to politicians, you offer a hall pass.
I find it hypocritical that when it comes to tax increases, 6 figures is "barely middle class", but when it comes to civil salaries, it's somehow supposed to be staggeringly high. You'd have a valid argument if politicians in this country made a thousand times what they make a year now - until then, you're so full of shit your eyes have turned brown.
Go pound sand.
You'll realize you're looking in the wrong place for sympathy.
Who the fuck cares about your sympathy?
Tell ya what, see the Padre on your way out. He'll punch your ticket for you. Get my meaning?
Nope.
