HC - That's a pretty big payroll that all Americans pay for. Do you think Congress is too Top Heavy? Is there a list of the total Congress folks when we first started the US Congress?
In 1789 their salary was $50 per diem
Today $174,000.00 plus expenses (that each of them)
Vice President $233,000
Senators and House Representatives $174,000
Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico $174,000
President pro tempore of the Senate $193,400
Majority leader and minority leader of the Senate $193,400
Majority leader and minority leader of the House of Representatives $193,900
Speaker of the House of Representatives $223,500
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Plus they each get expense's. Lifetime pensions full medical
We pay for all of that and in turn have to pay for our medical plus taxes.
Thanks
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