Here it is again, for those not familiar with the robbery. You think these sociopaths only receive a taxpayer-provided salary of $174,000 (more for "leaders")???? Nooooo. EACH one sucks another $1.2 MILLION to $4.6 MILLION from taxpayers EACH! Let that sink in! EACH! Do the math on how much money you would have to have in a bank, at current, guaranteed interest rates of .01-.05% to RECEIVE this much in SPENDING money. Hint -- they live like BILLIONAIRES on the backs of the taxpayers. They think themselves so far above the sheeple, it's not even funny. 7 of the 10 wealthiest counties in the country are in DC! Now you know why. Congress is made up of sultans and sheiks living like they have BILLIONS in the bank . . . and THEY DO, but it's YOUR money! These clowns truly believe, like Rush Limbaugh, that they have "talent on loan from God," and it's disgusting.
In the House of Representatives, each person receives a Members' Representational Allowance (MRA).
In 2012, individual representatives received MRA allowances ranging from $1,270,129 to $1,564,613, with an average of $1,353,205.13.
Most of each member's annual MRA allowance is used to pay their office personnel. In 2012, for example, the office personnel allowance for each member was $944,671.
Each member is allowed to use their MRA to employ up to18 full time, permanent employees and up to four part time or temporary employees. The annual salary of any employee of a member of the House of Representatives is currently limited to $168,411 (in 2013).
The Senate is EVEN WORSE. They call their slush fund the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account (SOPOEA).
In the fiscal year 2013 legislative branch appropriations bill, the size of the average Senate SOPOEA allowance is $3,209,103, with individual accounts ranging from $2,960,716 to $4,685,632, depending on the population of the senators' states.
