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Originally Posted by lookout123
Very few of those guys are there for the annual salary, I think. The perks package might be attractive though. 
How many terms do they have to serve before they qualify for retirement?
How's that medical plan?
How about travel fees?
OooohOoooh, and speaking fees after they're ousted?
Book advances?
Lobbiest jobs?
And those are just some of their legal sources of income. |
Yes, there are lots of perks. But those perks don't pay the bills until after they leave congress. They make about the same as a junior level lawyer at a big firm, but have to maintain two residences.
I've got a much bigger problem with CEO salaries that are hundreds or thousands of time greater than the national average than I have with these guys who make three or four times the national average.