It has gone on for far too long that Congress has gotten away with their outrageous pay increases over the years. The current average salary of a Congress member is $174,000.00.
I feel that this number is absurd for a Government employee to be earning, whereas an average GS-9 Step 1 is only earning $51,630 in the DC area before taxes.
The military also is not the root cause in budget problems when an E-6 of 12 years earns a paycheck of $66,063.60 before taxes in the DC area.
Every day we the people wonder "What do they do to earn this paycheck?", "Why do they get paid for life after serving only 1 term?"
Please do not punish the military for the gratuitous amounts of funding that is paid to Congress. If the Government needs a shutdown, stop sending paychecks to the House and Senate.
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