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Not true at all. No member of a Congressional staff may be paid more than the base pay for members of Congress/Senators.
Limits are to the amount that can be charged back directly to the Member's Personal Staff Allowance. Does not limit what a staffer may make through other accounts, through other positions on the Hill, through other positions in the Member's organization, or from such outside professional opportunities as might arise...
Limits are to the amount that can be charged back directly to the Member's Personal Staff Allowance. Does not limit what a staffer may make through other accounts, through other positions on the Hill, through other positions in the Member's organization, or from such outside professional opportunities as might arise...
How does that differ from congressional pay? The original comparison should be apples to apples base pay vs base pay or total compensation vs total compensation.
you are forgetting all the benefits. they don't even have to pay for their own cars in congress. they can lease the car of their choice at tax payer expense. we also get the bill for the gas as well as the insurance.
you are forgetting all the benefits. they don't even have to pay for their own cars in congress. they can lease the car of their choice at tax payer expense. we also get the bill for the gas as well as the insurance.
Yep.
I think they should pay for all of it, considering all that money they make.
I would much rather they live in on about 50 thousand.
They get a special tax exemption for maintaining a residence in the DC area. Plenty of them live in group houses because they're only there when in session. I know Chuck Schumer lives in a group house with George Miller, Dick Durbin and a few others. No one goes into that business for the paycheck. Most of them took huge pay cuts to get that job.
Thomas Sowell had a great column a few years ago in which he suggested they should all get $1 million per year, but then be barred from ever raising money for reelection. Think about it. If they made $1 million, but still lived on $169k, per year, they'd easily have enough saved up for each reelection, they'd not be able to promise any favors to supporters or lobbyists in exchange for campaign donations, they'd do their jobs fulltime instead of raising money all the time, it would be a drop in the bucket of the federal budget and, it would encourage them to take the money and retire instead of being permanent politicians.
oh, yes you could. I lived just fine in the NOVA area on that, and less than that. you couldn't own a house in DC, but that's why they have the metro.
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