Moran on Pay Hike: Lawmakers Would Get 114.6% More Than Average Fed Worker

Cybercast News Service ^ | April 4, 2014 - 1:01 PM | Penny Starr

[Olog-hai]

Representative Jim Moran (D-Va.) said on Monday that the $174,000 salary a member of Congress makes is not sufficient to live in the District of Columbia, even as he introduced legislation last month to raise the pay for federal workers by 3.3%—an increase that would provide a salary 114% less than the average made by lawmakers.

“I think the American people should know that the members of Congress are underpaid,” Moran told CQ Roll Call. “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.” …

[VerySadAmerican]

The truth is that most of congress, from both parties, would vote themselves a raise if the opportunity presents itself. They’re all frauds.

[galtman]

Ditto on that ... time to start building guillotines 24/7!

[VerySadAmerican]

I don’t want to live to see what this country is going to become. But I would love to live long enough to see those guillotines actually being put to good use.

[tumblindice]

Back in ‘86 the critters fixed it so they didn’t have to vote. Raises were made automatic. That relieved them from the indignity of voting themselves more money, but the amount was set. So Moron and others just want greater automatic raises.
It’s enough to make a crow blush.

[snowtigger]

I will give this a hardy second. It would not only be cheaper, it would make them more accountable. It’s hard to look a guy in the eye and tell him you are underpaid when he is supporting a wife and two kids on $30,000.00 or less,

[Jacquerie]

Those stupid, slaver white guys of the Framing generation thought it best if self-serving congressional pay raises were delayed until after elections. Of course, like the rest of the constitution, the 27th Amendment is ignored as well.

[FES0844]

Teresa...I bet she’s glad he’s never home!