Ninety million, five hundred seventy five thousand, five hundred dollars, and ----------------00/100
I think I just had a stroke of genius. Not super-genius, just the regular kind. :)
A member of Congress earns $169,300/ year.
There are 435 Representatives in the house (correct me if I'm wrong, but 1 per 600,00 people in a state).
There are 100 Senators (I would have said, "obviously", but apparently I can't assume things like that anymore).
That's 535 jobs. At $169,300 a year, that's a grand total of $90,575,500.
Now, many of these people (I don't have figures on all of them in front of me, you understand), come from money, or otherwise don't really NEED that $169,300 a year. Their kids aren't going to starve, in other words, if the checks got cut off.
As criteria, lets say that any member of congress who's personal worth exceeds, say, a million dollars, in net assets, less whatever debt they have, are ineligible for taxpayer funded salaries.
WTF, if its good enough for banking houses, it's good enough for our elected representatives, as far as I'm concerned.
Seriously, John McCain owns, what 7 mansions? He needs my tax dollar, does he?
Don't even get me started on the goddamn Kennedy's.
Oh, BTW, Congress grants itself raises. Can you imagine that?
Imagine walking into work and telling your boss, "yeah, we all talked it out, and you're going to be giving us a 2.5% raise this year. What? We voted on it."
A member of Congress earns $169,300/ year.
There are 435 Representatives in the house (correct me if I'm wrong, but 1 per 600,00 people in a state).
There are 100 Senators (I would have said, "obviously", but apparently I can't assume things like that anymore).
That's 535 jobs. At $169,300 a year, that's a grand total of $90,575,500.
Now, many of these people (I don't have figures on all of them in front of me, you understand), come from money, or otherwise don't really NEED that $169,300 a year. Their kids aren't going to starve, in other words, if the checks got cut off.
As criteria, lets say that any member of congress who's personal worth exceeds, say, a million dollars, in net assets, less whatever debt they have, are ineligible for taxpayer funded salaries.
WTF, if its good enough for banking houses, it's good enough for our elected representatives, as far as I'm concerned.
Seriously, John McCain owns, what 7 mansions? He needs my tax dollar, does he?
Don't even get me started on the goddamn Kennedy's.
Oh, BTW, Congress grants itself raises. Can you imagine that?
Imagine walking into work and telling your boss, "yeah, we all talked it out, and you're going to be giving us a 2.5% raise this year. What? We voted on it."