Salary And Perks Of U.S. Congress

http://liveliketherestofus.com/?x=X304P241

The median wealth of a House member is $765,010... For a senator it’s $2.38 million.

Yet, incredibly, they still enjoy all of this:

$174,000 salary

Free company car

Free gas

Free parking (even at airports)

Free flights almost anywhere in the world

Per diem travel allowance... up to $3,000 a trip

A month’s paid vacation

3-day work-weeks

Free membership to a top-flight gym

Pension plan and 401K plan

Full retirement benefits (including up to 44% of their six figure salaries) at age 62

Free top of the line health insurance with 10 plans to choose from

Fully covered – even with pre-existing condition

Being a member of Congress is the most lucrative "Public Service" job in the world. Are our representatives officially out of touch

with the real America? Should Congress live like the rest of us?

 

With that being said, there should be an overhaul with congressional spending....starting with the allowances of the house and senate members.

 

What's interesting is how Congress is trying to get rid of Pensions, SSI, Medicare, Medicaid and other social services that Americans need....but they have not made any mention of cutting their pay/benefits.

They also have successfully convinced Americans that getting getting Social Services that they earned is a "entitlement"

 

Those conservatives should get rid of all of their entitlements and stick with private entitlements since they think the government was bad for everyone else. The ones who are millionaires in the Senate should theirs cut first.

 

exactly....when the freshman tea party got into govt they went to israel and skinny dipped

Skinny-Dipping in Israel Casts Unwanted Spotlight on Congressional Travel

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/u...s-spotlight-on-congressional-travel.html?_r=0

 

Those hypocrites in that Israel junket should resign or give up their governmental entitlements.

 

We need the right congress

 

i need to RUN for congress

:smt109

 

Sit your black ass down lol

 

get that money negro!


:smt050

 

ALL the compensation they receive is a lot like welfare. They accomplish nothing, accept no responsibility and still get paid.

 

And that pretty much sums up the life of a politician. Yet we keep voting for these dummies hoping for the best.

 

The GOP Congressmen earn more than any welfare person several times over. They are just very hypocritical and arrogant. Even if they are safely gerrymandered I wonder if the people would have their governmental services cut?