Next PBU-endorsed Events

1.  April 15, 2010 - Washington, D.C. - Tax Day Tea Party Protest  (http://taxdayteaparty.com).  If you cannot be in D.C., protest at the local offices of your U.S. Senators and Representative.  Or at your State capitol or nearest large city.

2. August 28, 2010 - Washington, D.C. - Restoring Honor (http://glennbeck.com).  Be at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall.

3. September 9-12, 2010 - Washington, D.C. - March on D.C. (http://marchondc.org).  Be there with a list of the PBU mandates.  Push Back!

Salaries

Which of us receives an automatic pay raise unless we vote against it?  Not many.  But that is the way Congress does it.  This not only looks bad, it is bad.

To rectify this situation, we expect Congress to implement a law that ties their salaries to the national economy.  Currently, Senators and Representatives earn about $169,000 per year.  This is a decent salary, but we must admit that these offices demand a lot.  From now on, the salary should be 0.00000002 multiplied times our gross adjusted cumulative income (currently about $8,000,000,000,000).  This would decrease their current salary to $160,000 - because this Congress deserves a decrease in pay based on their poor fiscal performance in driving our country towards bankruptcy.

Retirement

Some serving in Congress for long periods of time have retirement benefits that are considerably higher (see page CRS-8 of the 2007 Retirement Benefits for Congress) than the average American citizen.  Annual retirement benefits should be capped at 25% of the last annual salary the Senator or Representative receives.  At current rates, that would be about $42,000 per year.  Vesting would be prorated over the course of service.  For example, if a Senator served six of the 12 years allowed under the newly-instituted term limits, they would receive $21,000 a year for life, beginning at the same age at which Social Security benefits - full or partial - can be received.  Medical benefits would not be included.

Congress needs to implement reasonable calculations for salary and retirement to bring them more into line with the average American.

We, the people, will push back until they do.

Expected date of completion:  the end of 2011
House sponsor: None (call your Representative to ask him or her to sponsor this bill). Then email "Push Back Until" so we can update this page with that information.
Senate sponsor: None (call your Senators to ask one or both of them to sponsor this bill). Then email "Push Back Until" so we can update this page with that information.