Pointing a finger in another direction so people won't see what your
In 2012 it cost taxpayers an estimated $1.26 billion to fund the 435 members in House Of Representatives and another $931 million for the 100 Senators.
If we spent nearly this same amount this year this will come to $146,066,667 per bill
Misc. Salary Breakdowns
Someone please explain to me why Congress members on both sides of the aisle are hell bent on reducing Social Security benefits?
According to this senate report, "By law, the starting amount of a member’s retirement annuity may not exceed 80 percent of his or her final salary." This works out to be a pension cap of $139,200. Currently Social Security is capped at $30,396 no matter how long or how much a worker earned. That's over 78% less then what a member of congress could receive!
We're constantly hearing about how government workers are overpaid and how ordinary citizens are leaching on the government's teat. Perhaps congress should start looking in their own back yard.
When someone receives food stamps they're a mooch, but when members of congress receive subsidized meals in the legislative diningrooms or reimbursed it's A-OK isn't it?
How many of us have access to a free gym, free haircuts, free travel, or a free hotel room that come with our jobs?
Congressional members' current salaries ($174,000) are higher then what 97% of the rest of the country earns (without accounting for their perks).
Apparently what's good for the goose isn't good for the gander.
I suppose when it's your football, you get to make the rules.
Reference Sources:
Congressional Salaries and Allowances @ library.clerk.house.gov
The Los Vegas Sun (newspaper)
Congress: Living High on the Backs of Taxpayers (The Fiscal Times)
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