Here is the current salaries of some of our congressmen:
Majority Party Leader - $193,400
Minority Party Leader - $193,400
House Leadership
Speaker of the House - $223,500
Majority Leader - $193,400
Minority Leader - $193,400
After 5 years they are fully vested in their retirement plans. Part of their pensions are funded by our tax dollars.
If these people who are supposed to be representing us as Americans won't get it together then we need to take action. If I am not doing a good job, I get fired. Let's take back America. We need to stop funding government pensions and give pay cuts. The speaker of the house doesn't want unemployment extensions because he will never know what is like to not be able to pay his bills or feed his family.
We need to get back to reality.