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Reduce the salaries for all 535 members of Congress by 10% per year for 10 years.

Created by S.C. on November 13, 2012

Expire this reduction if one of the following occurs:
1. The national debt becomes balanced.
2. Congress salaries reach 1983 levels per annum of $69,800
Fix the middle class by making Congress become the middle class. Amount saved per member from this cut should be used to pay down national debt.
Potential saved in 10 years: $385,216,283.90

10% reduction each year for Congress:
Year 1 - 2012 $174,000.00
Year 2 - 2013 $156,600.00
Year 3 - 2014 $140,940.00
Year 4 - 2015 $126,846.00
Year 5 - 2016 $114,161.40
Year 6 - 2017 $102,745.26
Year 7 - 2018 $92,470.73
Year 8 - 2019 $83,223.66
Year 9 - 2020 $74,901.29
Year 10 - 2021 $67,411.17

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