Republicans in congress complain the $174,000 salary isn’t enough.
"Most of us live on the salary…the very wealthy few end up dominating the news because of their personal stock trades, when most of us don't have wealth."
- Rep. Patrick McHenry, interim speaker and Wish.com Orville Redenbacher
Meanwhile, the federal minimum wage hasn’t risen since 2009. So:
…bootstraps.
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@flexghost Um, I hate to point this out but it was the Founders' opinion that members of Congress should not be paid. If individual states wanted to pay their representatives, fine. But no federal money. It's a service, not a job.
