Not only is our Country being run by a narcissist demagogue and his sycophants, but too many Americans are morons.
Look at the thousands of people who liked and shared this. All the comments support the claim and I couldn’t find anyone questioning the information which is totally false, fake and not even logical.
Maybe the post was a joke, but the people reading and accepting and commenting haven’t figured that out if that is the case and that is dangerous.
The minimum wage was increased in 2009. THAT IS ALSO THE LAST YEAR Congress got a raise (2.8%) Congress has also turned down every possible COLA since.
But Congress does deserve a raise.
The cumulative impact of all freezes since the implementation of the Ethics Reform Act, and since the current Member pay freeze began in 2009, is calculated below.
- If Members of Congress had received every adjustment prescribed by the ECI formula since 1992, and the statutory limitation (2 U.S.C. §4501) regarding the percentage base pay increase for GS employees remained unchanged, the hypothetical 2025 salary would have been $247,400. Salaries in this scenario would be $249,900 in 2026.
- Applying the same methodology to the Member pay rate since 2009 of $174,000, if Member pay had not been statutorily frozen in the subsequent years, the hypothetical 2025 salary would have been $221,600 (assuming the GS base limit remained in place, and including rounding). Salaries in this scenario would be $223,800 in 2026.
These freezes have compounded over time. When adjusted for inflation, Member salaries have decreased approximately 33% from 2009—when Member pay was last adjusted—through 2025.
If you don’t like the job your member of Congress is doing, you fire them with your vote, you don’t bastardize the pay scale.
QUINNSCOMMENTARY 
Perhaps congress not having a pay increase has something to do with them not working. They come to work on Tuesday afternoon/evening and head out of town Thursday afternoon/evening. They have not met the 1 October deadline to pass the fiscal year budget in decades. They take off for weeks, sometimes over a month at a time. They have not tackled Social Security, healthcare, immigration reform or the national debt. Instead, tax reduction and lots of drama without solving any important problems. As far as the fiscal year budget, I think full congress should be either in session or in committees, 40 hours a day, 5 days a week starting 1 August, until they pass the budget. Of course, congress would have to pass that rule. They will probably pass it right after term limits….ha ha!
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