Take a look at the screen shot below from Real Clear Politics, showing the level of disapproval Americans have for Congress.
Now, via The Hill, look what Nancy Pelosi says about the proposed pay cut for Congress that is included in the across-the-board cuts within the upcoming sequester.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she opposes a cut in congressional pay because it would diminish the dignity of lawmakers' jobs.Dignity? Pelosi thinks having less than 20 percent of Americans approving of the job Congress is doing, dignified?
"I don't think we should do it; I think we should respect the work we do," Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol. "I think it's necessary for us to have the dignity of the job that we have rewarded."
Pelosi seems to forget Congressional members are employees and as such, their dismal job performance that Americans rate with such high disapproval would be cause for firing if Congress were run like a business.
There is nothing dignified in the job Congress has been doing of late, and they do deserve a pay cut, and in the 2014 midterms, many of them deserve to be removed from office.
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From Monkey in the Middle
I personally believe that they are all over paid. How about we pay Congress and the President the sum of $1.00 a month until the debt is cleared and the budget is balanced. Anybody like this idea?
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