This is an older report but, I believe it to be important.

Fat, happy and getting fatter. It's obsene.

Americans are told to hunker down, pay fines for no insurance and over 17% of the population is unemployed.

I would like to see pay raises and decreases voted on by the folks who are paying their salries, us. Right now, I would vote to reduce their pay by at least, $100,000.00. I see no reason they can't make it on $74,000.00 a year.

Ain't like they get a lot done aside from screwin' us.

Senate Votes to Keep Congress' Automatic Pay Raise

An amendment offered Tuesday to a huge spending bill by Republican Sen. David Vitter would have forced members of Congress to cast votes when they want to increase their pay.

AP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The Senate has voted to keep Congress' annual automatic pay raise but is moving to skip the increase scheduled for next January, when millions of Americans are still expected to be out of work because of the recession.

For the past two decades, lawmakers have received automatic cost-of-living increases unless they vote specifically to reject them. An amendment offered Tuesday to a huge spending bill by Republican Sen. David Vitter would have forced members of Congress to cast votes when they want to increase their pay.

Their most recent automatic raise of $4,700 came in January, raising the salaries of rank and file lawmakers to $174,000.

well I can agree with you . but if you lower there pay then they would raise there bribe level . oh no they already still take all the bribes they can get so your right lets pay them what there worth ..