#include <disclaimer/politics.h>
#include <disclaimer/roughMath.h>
OK, Lets do a little math, shall we?
For the year 2012, annual base salary for all congresscritters was set at $174000. Were we to assume that they actually worked 40 hour weeks, every week of the year, that comes out to roughly $83 an hour. Of course, that's not realistic.
The senate was scheduled in session for 36 weeks in 2012. Theoretically, part of the time they are not in session (their recesses) is supposed to be for working in their home states. Let's be generous and call it 3/4 of that time, or 12 weeks, meaning 4 weeks of vacation. That makes the base pay in the senate $90 per hour.
The house was scheduled in session for 27 weeks. Using the same assumptions we made for the senate, they were working in their home districts for roughly 19 weeks. That makes base pay for a representative roughly $94 an hour.
Do you think we're getting what we're paying for?
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#include <disclaimer/roughMath.h>
OK, Lets do a little math, shall we?
For the year 2012, annual base salary for all congresscritters was set at $174000. Were we to assume that they actually worked 40 hour weeks, every week of the year, that comes out to roughly $83 an hour. Of course, that's not realistic.
The senate was scheduled in session for 36 weeks in 2012. Theoretically, part of the time they are not in session (their recesses) is supposed to be for working in their home states. Let's be generous and call it 3/4 of that time, or 12 weeks, meaning 4 weeks of vacation. That makes the base pay in the senate $90 per hour.
The house was scheduled in session for 27 weeks. Using the same assumptions we made for the senate, they were working in their home districts for roughly 19 weeks. That makes base pay for a representative roughly $94 an hour.
Do you think we're getting what we're paying for?