Forum Post: Congress should be paid median income.
Posted 12 years ago on Dec. 22, 2011, 7:22 a.m. EST by randart
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As far as I can tell the median income level in the US is around $43,000 per year. The annual salary for congress is around $175,000.
I propose that they get paid the median income until they can get things fixed in this country.
I think minimum wage would more accurately reflect their job skills.
Most members of Congress are millionaire or multimillionaires and draw incomes from investments and ownership of their own businesses.
Since the nation is in a state of fiscal emergency along with the world I think they should do the heroic thing and refuse any income paid by We the tax payers and offer their services as voluntary government servants until such time as the situations at issue are rectified.
the average income might be around $43,000 but that is skewed by thousands and thousands of people who make over 1 million.
The median is somewhere in the mid 20k range... or about $13 an hour... so how the hell is the average american going to buy an average priced house for 200k especially when they have 40-80k of debt from college.
to be clear... the average wage can still go up while the median wage goes down... It's the median we need to pay attention to, and it is in the mid 20k range
OK. Then Congress should be paid that amount until they get things done.
How does the average go up when liberals smear anyone wanting border control as a racist. We're building out an impoverished servant class one 6th grade drop out immigrant and future dish washer at a time.