Me to. I laughed my asss off at the idea they would voluntarily quit screwin us.

As it is, they live the elite lifestyle and get a $4,400 automatic yearly raise.

If you want them to know how you feel, just copy and print the form below.

Snail Mail is the most effective way and if you can get friends and family to send it, great.


As the economy continues to lean closer toward a depression and Americans are losing their jobs and homes we ask that our elected officials do their part to help spread the wealth.

We want all members of congress to take an immediate 25% pay cut and that a wage-freeze begin immediately. This wage-freeze should remain in effect until the economy has completely recovered.

We want our elected members of congress to begin paying into social security instead of their privately funded retirement program.

We want our elected members of congress to pay their own way to and from work and for their meals (like the rest of us) instead of using a government expense account. This should also include using your own vehicle versus a government car.

These are hard times in America and your jobs are secure at least until the next election. Ours are not. We are losing our homes and forced to pay into social security and being a public servant should not equate to being an elitist.

from factcheck.org

Prior to 1984, members of Congress were covered only by a separate Civil Service Retirement System that was criticized as being overly generous. They did not pay Social Security taxes and received no Social Security retirement credit for their time in office. However, legislation passed in 1983 required members to begin paying into Social Security, effective January 1984. As the Social Security Administration's Web site states:


I would compare the rest to a business, which seems a pretty accurate description of how government is run anyhow. Presidents, ceos and even managers of businesses rarely cut THEMSELVES out or down to save the company. I have been around enough businessmen, and women , to realize the other 'perks' are nothing out of ordinary.


We are going to get few people running for office who are making middle class income and even fewer winning elections, they can barely afford the research and smear campaigns to downplay their competitors or the 'experience' and education the public demands from officials. So it doesnt seem farfetched to me that the income and perks of the job are comparitable to the incomes and perks the candidates 'give up' to take the position.


I would be supportive of a policy to CONTINUE the income and perks of their previous position in return for taking the job. (a schoolteacher wouldnt suddenly make five or six times their normal salary, but a lawyer wouldnt suddenly have to take a fifty percent cut to theirs,,,)