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Message: [QUOTE="TheFarmFan, post: 3678301, member: 9403"] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaries_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress']It is?[/URL] [TABLE] [TR] [TH]Year[/TH] [TH]Salary[/TH] [TH][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_diem']Per diem[/URL]/[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annum']annum[/URL][/TH] [TH]Percent adjustment[/TH] [TH]In 2014 dollars[/TH] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]2009[/TD] [TD]$174,000[/TD] [TD]per annum[/TD] [TD]2.8%[/TD] [TD]$191,533[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] They can't, [URL='https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-xxvii']per the 27th Amendment to the Constitution[/URL]: "No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened." I can assure you that on an hourly basis for hours worked members of Congress are being paid a fraction of what Geno is. And while I love Geno and I love WCBB, I care a $&^@ ton more that we have well paid legislators who decide whether we live or die and are arrested or live free than I care who directs five 20-year-olds to toss a ball through a hoop. All that low congressional salaries guarantee is that only rich people or folks with rich benefactors can afford to serve in Congress. I would imagine if we raised congressional salaries 5x-fold we'd have far more talented people seeking office. [/QUOTE]