Monday, March 8, 2010
U.S. Congress--Nice Work, If You Can Get It
Most people, when shown how much our most honorable servants in Congress make each year for part-time work, demonstrate expressions somewhere between shock and rage.
Care to guess how much they make? (No, I mean how much the taxpayers pay them, not what the lobbyists and other folks pay them beyond taxpayer money.) What do they make officially?
The lowest paid this year will be $174,000 (!). Not bad, eh? And that's not including the fat benefits paid to federal employees. How about Madam Pelosi? The Speaker of the House makes $223,500. Again, this is the official salary, and with all the recesses they take, it's for part-time work, according to TheCapitol.Net. It's also for the only branch of our federal government with approval ratings (think "performance review") staying near 20% these past few years!
I get this information from a nice article posted at About.com, if you'd like to read more details.
Care to guess how much they make? (No, I mean how much the taxpayers pay them, not what the lobbyists and other folks pay them beyond taxpayer money.) What do they make officially?
The lowest paid this year will be $174,000 (!). Not bad, eh? And that's not including the fat benefits paid to federal employees. How about Madam Pelosi? The Speaker of the House makes $223,500. Again, this is the official salary, and with all the recesses they take, it's for part-time work, according to TheCapitol.Net. It's also for the only branch of our federal government with approval ratings (think "performance review") staying near 20% these past few years!
I get this information from a nice article posted at About.com, if you'd like to read more details.
Labels: Congress, Pelosi, salary
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