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GoSka
Lv 4
GoSka asked in Politics & GovernmentGovernment · 7 years ago

Should we cut our congressmen and women's pay?

We officially have the least productive congress in the history of the country. In order to get anything done I feel like cutting their pay would motivate them to actually work together and do something.

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  • 7 years ago
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    I'd support a 50% pay cut, but that is chump change. They get most of their money from lobbyists. I had a congressman who rented a studio apartment in his district. He had the home we provide for him in Washington. Turns out he had a 3,500 sq ft luxury villa in Boca Raton, courtesy of tobacco company for $300 per month rent. He died there in the late 1990's. If he were alive today, he'd be a Tea Party scumbag.

  • Dallas
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    If an organization doesn't work together it starts at he top. You never saw Congressional approval ratings like this for other Presidents. Even Clinton worked with a totally Republican congress. Obama is the problem .. not Congress.

    Even the Bush Congress in late 2001 was 84%. And generally averaged 40%. Not too bad. But Obama is terrible.

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  • Mutt
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    "No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened." - US Constitution, 27th Amendment

    Any change in Congress's pay will not take effect until after the election and the next Congress is sworn in. So wouldn't it be better to just elect people to Congress that will do something? All seats in the US House is up for reelection every 2 years, the next being in 2014.

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