Joke? Political? Damn Shame? Not sure how to classify this one!

[Skinhead]

Wages

Salary of retired US Presidents ...................................$450,000 FOR LIFE
Salary of House/Senate members ...............................................$174,000 FOR LIFE
Salary of Speaker of the House .........,,,,,,,,,,,,,.......,,....$223,500 FOR LIFE
Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders ..............................$193,400 FOR LIFE
Average salary of a soldier DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN - ...........$38,000
Average income for seniors on SOCIAL SECURITY - .......................$12,000

I think we found where the cuts should be made!

[musclehead]

cut in half, get rid of the 'for life' crap and viola' we made a tiny, miniscule dent in our fiscal problems

but, hey it's a start 

[FryeVRCCDS0067]

I've always thought the salarys of these government officials should be based on the average citizens yearly income.

As in remove the top 5% and bottom 5% of American wage earners from the equation, average the rest and give the president say 8 times the average. Give congress 5 times the average. Base their retirements on the average Joe's retirement too. If our average wages go down, so does theirs.

Then they would have a true financial interest in the average American worker instead the way it is now. Wealthy people concerned about wealthy people. I'd love to see how the Limousine League in congress and the White House would deal with that. 

[Jess from VA]

They are just federal employees.  I don't mind higher salaries for Pres, Veep, Senate and House to attract qualified people (though that is obviously not working for us), but none have any business collecting lifetime pensions like that unless they serve for 20-30 years like anybody else (and term limits should make that impossible). 

[BigAl]

Let me say,,,,,,

Politicians Suck.

Shrt but sweet.

[old2soon]

Had i but known the true benefits of being the Prez-V P or any of the others listed-oh wait-i knew both of my parents. RIDE SAFE.