I always hate hearing about how long it takes for congress to approve a raise in the federal minimum wage, but it doesn't seem to take any time at all for them to give themselves a raise! If any of our congressional leaders have ever lived on minimum wage I'm sure it's been a very long time.
The President of the United States of America makes $400,000 / year.
A Senator makes $169,300 / year
Representatives make $169,300 / year
I don't care who you are that's a lot of money. It's also quite a bit higher than the $13,624 someone who works full time making the $6.55 / hour federal minimum wage. Minimum wage will go up next year to $7.25 / hour or $15,080.
The President of the United States, Senators, and Representatives are supposed to be public servants, so here's what I propose. For their first term I think they should make minimum wage. That way those who are really wanting to make a difference in this country will run for office. Then if they do a good job and want to run for a second term they can then get a raise to make the average salary of their constitutencies.
I don't get to determine my own raise, my employeer does. Since the representatives serve the people, they should determine if they should get a raise. Put it on a ballot for voters to decide if they deserve a raise or not.
I'm also thinking about term limits, but I'll leave that for another post.
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I'm listed as unaffiliated because I believe that there is good and bad in all political parties and I vote for the people not the party. I didn't like either of the major candidates for President in 2008 and I think that unaffiliated voters that aren't at the mercy of any one political party need to step up to get better ideas of how to "Change" the USA! I'll start with my ideas and I welcome arguments on both sides. Who knows, maybe someday someone unaffiliated could be in the White House.
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