Government officials in Washington are looking for ways to cut expenses. I wonder if they have thought about cutting some of their Congressional benefits. Members of both houses enjoy salary, health insurance and retirement benefits and also get an expense account.
The salary for members of the House and Senate run about $174,000 a year. The speaker of the house makes $223,500 a year. Others in leadership position of the House and Senate bring in $193,400 a year. They also receive annual cost of living increases which by the way has been denied for the last two years to people on Social Security.
If you have served in Congress for five years or a member of the house you will be entitled to full retirement benefits. Your benefits will include health insurance coverage and pension benefits it must be nice to be able to retire with only five years service. Now you know why they fight so hard to stay in office everyone would love to have a plush job like this. This is not mentioning the many small entitlements that they have such as free postage and stationary all supplied by the federal government. I'm sure that we could take a long look at all their benefits and find ways to cut expenses but you know this will never happen as these representatives are the ones in charge of cutting expenses. So you the taxpayer are now saddled with the mounting debt and will pay the price when they begin cutting your entitlements and benefits. Have a nice day.
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