Congressional pay for rank-and-file members is $174,000 and hasn’t been adjusted since 2009.
A recent change allows members to claim reimbursement for some lodging expenses, aimed at helping those struggling to maintain two residences.
“It changes the makeup a lot,” the Wisconsin Republican said in an interview. “We have a real disincentive for people to run for Congress unless you’re a fairly affluent person. People think that $174,000 is a lot of money — and if you’re making $50 to $60,000, it appears that way. But having that separate place to live and providing utilities in a very expensive city, you burn through that money pretty quickly.”
Personally speaking I think all federal offices should be held at federal minimum wage, that way those offices that are doing the voting are impacted by the decisions they are making. It disgust me that they’re making the argument of yes we’re making $174,000 a year but think of our life circumstances, when the federal minimum wage is still $15,000 a year full time.
Or like one other person said, having their cost of living paid for by the government and having the federal minimum wage salary would be okay as well