The United States congress has 535 voting members. The United States population is currently over 300 million. This means that " We the People" have only 0.017% of the population representing the nation in congress. Each member of the House of Representatives and the Senate receives an annual salary of over $170,000 paid by the people. The current median income for the United States is around $50,000 a year. I petition to better represent the country and hopefully create a more diverse congress, the salaries of the House and Senate be cut in half and we use the money to double the size of congress. This would give us a congress of 1070 voting members making around $85,000 a year which is much closer to what the average American earns."We the People" deserve more.
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