On 7/31/2011 7:38 AM, Tom B wrote:


"Steve Turner" wrote in message ...

On 7/29/2011 10:22 AM, Mike Marlow wrote:
Tom B wrote:
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What cracks me up is when people compare the average salary of our
congressmen
to that of the average insert downtrodden member of society here and,
noting
the "huge" disparity, conclude that "I think we know where the problem
lies!"
As if adjusting the salaries of a few hundred congressmen is somehow
going to
reclaim enough taxpayer money to fix our economy... The amount of taxpayer
money recovered by making their salaries "fair" would be a drop in the
ocean
compared to where they're spending the rest of it.


I don't so much read the salary comparison of our government leaders to
the average wage earner as being the problem. I don't think any one
believes the salaries of the government positions as being what keeps
the debt going in the wrong direction.

I do believe that all of those government people that are receiving
those large salaries are in way over their heads and if they were
working in a non government job they would probably qualify for a salary
similar to a salary that a greater at WalMart would get.

If we got what we paid for we would be in a lot better shape.