Most Congress members are older and come from professional backgrounds. The 40% in the upper 2-10% were making salaries similar to engineers, doctors, lawyers, accountants and other salaried professionals.
Additionally, most of them are forced to maintain two homes because moving their families to DC now means that they're "out of touch w…
Most Congress members are older and come from professional backgrounds. The 40% in the upper 2-10% were making salaries similar to engineers, doctors, lawyers, accountants and other salaried professionals.
Additionally, most of them are forced to maintain two homes because moving their families to DC now means that they're "out of touch with their constituents". When I was a child growing up in Bethesda, MD, the congressmen (they were all men back then) who lived in my neighborhood all lived with their families because weekly flights between DC and the west were not feasible.
Most Congress members are older and come from professional backgrounds. The 40% in the upper 2-10% were making salaries similar to engineers, doctors, lawyers, accountants and other salaried professionals.
Additionally, most of them are forced to maintain two homes because moving their families to DC now means that they're "out of touch with their constituents". When I was a child growing up in Bethesda, MD, the congressmen (they were all men back then) who lived in my neighborhood all lived with their families because weekly flights between DC and the west were not feasible.
Underpaying people in power leads to corruption.