How much vacation does Congress take?
Here is their 2010 House vacation schedule:
January 1st-January 12: 1 1/2 weeks
February 15th-February 19th: 1 week
March 29th-April 12th: 2 weeks
May 31st-June 4th: 1 week
July 5th-July 9th: 1 week
August 9th-Sept 12th: 5 weeks.
October 11th-December 31st: 12 weeks.
At the height of the worst recession and soon to be depression in 75
years, how many weeks of vacation did our Congress grant themselves this
year?
23 1/2 weeks of vacation.
But they don't call it vacation. They call it non-legislative periods. They call their time off "work
periods" for meeting their constituents and raising campaign funds.
If one wants to meet their constituents, consider that a
cost of doing business.
Americans should not be paying Congressmen and
women to hang out in their home state shaking hands any more than I
should get paid for waving at homeless men at the Walmart stoplight!
.
How much will Congressmen and women make in salary for 2010?
The salary
for rank and file members of Congress is about $174,000 a year.
The
Majority Party Leader and Minority Party Leader make about $193,400 a
year.
The Speaker of the House makes $223,500 a year.
All get a cost
of living adjustment automatically implemented unless Congress votes to
decline it.
While the rest of our country is going jobless and bankrupt, how much
money do the rank and file members of Congress pay themselves per week
of work?
With 23 1/2 weeks of vacation, the $174,000 a year is divided
over just 28 1/2 weeks of legislative work.
That means your Congressmen
and women are paying themselves an average of $6,105.26 for every week
of work.
That's the equivalent of $317,460 for full time production.
How much is Nancy Pelosi paying herself?
She earns $7,842.10 a week for
28.5 weeks of work.
Imagine if she'd worked all 52 weeks like many
physicians. She'd be paying herself $407,789 a year. That puts Nancy
in the top 1% income bracket.
And they think doctors make too much? Where is the outrage? Shouldn't
we have a Congressional Compensation Czar making things right for the
American people?
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