taking a reduction in benifits? I did a very rough estimate on their cost to the Federal budget
435 members of the house make (averaging) about 156,000 a year (i know the speakers get more)
100 senate members make (averaging )158, 000 a year
total of about 84 mil just in pay
then we have there multiple aides and staff who make anywhere from 30k to 151k a year
lets say the average congressman has 13 aides clerks(the most they can have is 18 full and 4 part time) and secretaries etc(yeah i know i am being conservative in the number of staff) at the average pay of lets say 55k=
that's another 382.52 million.
then there is their health care cost. lets say 400 a month x535 members x 12 months
2.568 mil
housing allowance in DC ( i admit i have no idea how much it is so i am going to under call it as 1000 a month and another 600 on car expenses like lease payments and insurance)
$856k
using my very conservative numbers, I get $470 million on congress
where do you think they should make cuts?
i think a 15% pay cut is first
(they get about a million for office and staff pay by the way. I did add that into my calculations)
cut staff pay by 10%
and office and travel expenditures by 15%
cut housing and vehicles expenditures by 30% ( and make sure they can only buy american made vehicles under 20k. if they want a better car they can pay the rest out of their salary)
or take away housing and just build them a modest apartment building to live in while in Washington.
that would save 51.36 mil.
what do you guys think?
And PLEASE no ANTI DEM REPUB,OBAMA NONSENSE. just good old fashion well thought out answers on congress pay and benefit cuts
http://berkley.house.gov/GovInfo/FAQ.html#How%20much%20do%20Representatives%20and%20Senators%20get%20paid
tribeca
wtf does that have to do with anything? no one asked you what first year law students make (by the way, 160 is NOT what first year associates make) and if you think it is petty, remember you didnt have to answer the question.
fact is congress complains about money and spending but they sure as heck are not taking a pay cut. it may only be a drop in the bucket, but they have to start somewhere. if a nice portion of the American public can take paycuts, furloughs and layoffs because of the economy, so can our representatives, and if a person cannot take care of 2 households on 155k a year,(not to mention their spouse's can work too) then there is a serious problem.
435 members of the house make (averaging) about 156,000 a year (i know the speakers get more)
100 senate members make (averaging )158, 000 a year
total of about 84 mil just in pay
then we have there multiple aides and staff who make anywhere from 30k to 151k a year
lets say the average congressman has 13 aides clerks(the most they can have is 18 full and 4 part time) and secretaries etc(yeah i know i am being conservative in the number of staff) at the average pay of lets say 55k=
that's another 382.52 million.
then there is their health care cost. lets say 400 a month x535 members x 12 months
2.568 mil
housing allowance in DC ( i admit i have no idea how much it is so i am going to under call it as 1000 a month and another 600 on car expenses like lease payments and insurance)
$856k
using my very conservative numbers, I get $470 million on congress
where do you think they should make cuts?
i think a 15% pay cut is first
(they get about a million for office and staff pay by the way. I did add that into my calculations)
cut staff pay by 10%
and office and travel expenditures by 15%
cut housing and vehicles expenditures by 30% ( and make sure they can only buy american made vehicles under 20k. if they want a better car they can pay the rest out of their salary)
or take away housing and just build them a modest apartment building to live in while in Washington.
that would save 51.36 mil.
what do you guys think?
And PLEASE no ANTI DEM REPUB,OBAMA NONSENSE. just good old fashion well thought out answers on congress pay and benefit cuts
http://berkley.house.gov/GovInfo/FAQ.html#How%20much%20do%20Representatives%20and%20Senators%20get%20paid
tribeca
wtf does that have to do with anything? no one asked you what first year law students make (by the way, 160 is NOT what first year associates make) and if you think it is petty, remember you didnt have to answer the question.
fact is congress complains about money and spending but they sure as heck are not taking a pay cut. it may only be a drop in the bucket, but they have to start somewhere. if a nice portion of the American public can take paycuts, furloughs and layoffs because of the economy, so can our representatives, and if a person cannot take care of 2 households on 155k a year,(not to mention their spouse's can work too) then there is a serious problem.