To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate
Congress: Please Cut Your Salaries
We, the undersigned, strongly request that Congress, in response to both its ineffectiveness and its inability to do the people's work in an effective and efficient way, give themselves a pay cut.
Furthermore we demand that Congress give up its ability to arbitrarily give itself raises and place that power into the possession of the constituencies that each senator and representative represents thereby allowing we, the people, to determine if their on the job performance is such that a raise should be given to members of Congress.
Furthermore we demand that Congress give up its ability to arbitrarily give itself raises and place that power into the possession of the constituencies that each senator and representative represents thereby allowing we, the people, to determine if their on the job performance is such that a raise should be given to members of Congress.
Why is this important?
For the last five years or better people have been forced by our economic situation to live within their means. It is a saying we hear a lot these days from both sides; in it is couched entire conversations.
It is time for Congress to live within its means and take a pay cut for its dismal performance.
It is time for Congress to live within its means and take a pay cut for its dismal performance.