Gm letter to Suppliers

[Seattle Sam]

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"Members of Congress make an average of $169,300 a year, with Congressional leaders making slightly more. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Cailf., makes $217,400, while the majority and minority leaders in the House and Senate each make $188,100.

The raise will increase the average salary to about $174,000, up 2.8 percent."

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Two things I don't get -
1. Why does anybody making over $150,000 need a cost of living raise?
2. Why is Congress willing to hide behind a law that gives them automatic increases every year?

By the way, the same article says the typical person on Social Security will get $63.00.