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Congressional Salary and Perks, Is it time to bring it under control?

In 1946 Senator Barry Goldwater listed the Salary and perks that Congress granted to themselves. The list included:

Free shoe shines

Free hair cuts

Free towels, combs and hairbrushes

Free gymnasium and swimming pool service

Free Medical examination

Free prescriptions

A $3,000.tax deduction for living away from home

No Income Tax in D.C.even if they lived there

A free set of $1,000. law books to keep

Free custom, made storage trunk to pack the books in

Free rooms for cocktail parties

Free help to serve at parties

Free staff service as required

Free parking for their private autos

Free mail

Free trips abroad for ridiculous reasons

Discount meals at government cafeterias

Confidential expense accounts for their staffs and services

Retirement benefit of 12.5% of their salary after only 5 years

High paid staff positions for their wives, children and relatives

Many more free items that are not publicized.

That was 1946. Imagine what it must be now?.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Yeah, these guys are rich already. Recruit only the middle class and poor and make them volunteer instead

  • lao
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    definite they could additionally placed a time cut back for the style of words they are able to serve. it might additionally be advantageous to have them clarify the place they have been given the further funds if their properties , vehicles and existence are extra complex than their salaries might enable them to stay.

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