drawscore wrote:Salary of retired US Presidents ......................$180,000 for life
Salary of House/Senate ..............................$174,000 for life
Salary of Speaker of the House .....................$223,500 for life
Salary of Senate Majority/Minority Leaders .......$193,400 for life
Average Salary of a teacher ...........................$40,065
Average Salary of Soldier deployed in Afghanistan..$38,000
I think I know where government cutbacks should be made!
Drawscore
.... so we're suppose to pay the people running a nation of 300,000,000 people the same we pay your average college graduate who couldn't decide on a real major so figured they'd teach K-12 with a liberal arts degree? This is the problem with politics in the US, people compare random statistics and information with no logical connection or implications and think they're making a point. I know correctional officers who make more money than the President.
Let's do a quick calculation. Let's say we pay the President, Speakers, and Leaders $1. Hell, let's pay every member of Congress $1.
Congratulations, you've cut the federal deficit by 0.007%. Any other bright ideas?