If the taxpayers provide a salary for Representatives and Senators to legislate on our behalf - any amount of compensation (other than government supplied and sanctioned expense reimbursements) should probably be considered bonuses.
I'd like to see some figures by member of Congress. Let's start with the following basics:
- Net Worth before first term
- Total Congressional Compensation received during service in Congress
- Current Net Worth
From these figures Bonus would equal Item 3 minus Item 1 minus Item 2. Wouldn't want our government representatives to be getting rich on the backs of taxpayers.
Maybe Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid could post these figures on the Thomas.gov website. After all, all of these Representatives and Senators paid by the taxpayers. If its good enough for the AIG.......
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