Require an immediate reduction of Congressional salaries to the level received in 2000, and freeze it there until the budget is balanced, the tax code is revised equitably, and they agree to a deficit reduction plan that includes elimination of incentives to special interests and the extensions of tax cuts for the rich.
Why is this important?
Since members of Congress refuse to reconcile their differences or to end the special privileges for special interests and the uber-rich, we mould require them to reduce their compensation to where it was in 2000, and freeze it there until the deficit is reduced and the budget is balanced. Since they expect the young, the old the poor and the middle class to shoulder the burdens blamed on the past 12 years of bipartisan administrations, they should all join us in the pain.
