At a time when many Americans are struggling financially, Congress is getting ready to give itself a pay raise this week.
Despite the lousy economy, high unemployment and plummeting housing prices, U.S. congressional members get a $4,700 pay raise this week. The 2.8 percent raise of $4,700 a year will increase most salaries to $174,000 a year ...
Congress hands out hundreds of billions of your tax dollars to banks and businesses that don't deserve it, then gives themselves a raise for a job well done?
Granted, the cost of this raise dwarfs the costs of the stimulus spending and bailout programs. Nevertheless, I can't simply vote myself a pay raise. Can you?
Ron Paul and Harry Mitchell are trying to stop next year's raise.
"We’re in the midst of a recession, and our elected leaders need to do the right thing," said Mitchell, D-Ariz., in a statement. "For Congress to give itself a pay raise at a time when so many hardworking Americans are suffering is unconscionable."
Unhappy about your congresscritter getting a salary bump for no reason whatsoever? Contact them and let them know how you feel.