[kennyo]

Although this is an urban legend,the point remains:Why do members of congress get any compensation at all?Their work should be public service,not a cushy career.They should live on their per diem(which I understand is 100$ a day,$36,500 per year).They should live in section 8 housing,which they created and deem good enough for others,while they serve in Washington.They should get food stamps if the 36,500 isn't enough.And they should get SS like everyone else.These are all programs that congress created.

The argument that we need to compensate them to ensure that we get good people has been refuted by the last 60 or so years of catastrophic legislation.It sounds like the "they're doing jobs that Americans won't do" argument!

Under my scheme,we wouldn't have to worry about the Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd types.We'd have people that would serve a term or two and then give someone else a chance.Before the debate even starts on changing social security,we shouuld get rid of the lucrative retirement plans that congress has given itself and the government unions.If these terms are unacceptable,let them get jobs in the private sector,where they'd actually have to please the person that signs their check.

[douglas1]

EVEN at fifty thousand dollars they are way overpayed, generals in the services arent payed as much ,why should they be payed for running their mouth and spewing bullshit to the great unwashed.