I just read this little ditty on Yahoo.
Despite low approval ratings and hard feelings from last year's elections, Democrats and Republicans in the House are reaching out for an approximately $4,400 pay raise that would increase their salaries to almost $170,000.
Senators and representatives presently make $165,200 a year, with a handful of leaders such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., earning more.
"Every member has some obligation to the institution for the compensation to, as much as possible, keep pace with inflation," Blunt told reporters Wednesday.
Hey Roy, your inflated salary has awhile before economic inflation catches up to it. Perhaps if you and the rest of the do-nothing Congress did something about the healthcare problem in this country, the immigration problem in this country, the energy problems in this country, the government corruption in this country, the broken election system in this country, the corporate greed in this country, etc, etc, etc maybe then you might deserve a raise. Until then, your review (the approval ratings provided by the constituents) show that you, and the rest of your buddies on the hill, don't deserve a raise.
WRITE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND TELL THEM THEY DON'T DESERVE A RAISE.
DO. IT. NOW!