{"id":21749,"date":"2011-01-07T11:00:55","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=21749"},"modified":"2011-01-07T11:00:55","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T15:00:55","slug":"democrat-giffords-proposes-congressional-pay-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=21749","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Giffords proposes Congressional pay cut"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hill <\/a>reports that Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-D) is proposing a bill that would cut Congressional pay and funding by 5%;<\/p>\n

The pay cut would save taxpayers about $4.7 million by freezing the base pay of House and Senate lawmakers at $174,000. Majority and minority leaders each make $193,400 per year, and newly elected Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is to receive an annual salary of $223,500. <\/p>\n

Members of Congress automatically receive a cost-of-living pay adjustment each year unless they vote against it. President Obama signed a bill in May halting Congress\u2019s automatic cost-of-living increase for 2011 after it easily passed both the House and Senate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On Fox News, Giffords said her bill would also cut members’ budgets by 5%, too. The Hill calls it a “slash”, but I call it a good start. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to bring their pay down to $100,000-it’s still above the national average and commensurate with their hours and their perks.<\/p>\n

Of course, if they were serious about making cuts, they’d do away with their pension system. They really don’t need it what with the Thrift Savings Plan, the 401k which invests almost 100% of their contributions with only a minuscule reduction for fees. Then they’d term limit themselves, too.<\/p>\n

Regardless of her party, I commend Giffords for this good start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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