Petition: Set the compensation for the Executive at the median wage.

Petition: Set the compensation for the Executive at the median wage.(wwws.whitehouse.gov)

2 points by cheez17 14 years ago | 5 comments

bdfh42 14 years ago |

This post seems a bit parochial for HN but - an observation - US presidential candidates are never poor - I don't think they care about the salary you know.

jeffool 14 years ago | |

Exactly; the 2008 Obama campaign spent $760M -- not an amount of money I expect Mr. Obama to make back in his lifetime. It's not about money made while in office.

Now, you try to change the pay of every member of CONGRESS to ~40K... Then maybe you would see some changes in the process. Many Congresspeople were successful in business before they were elected. You can bet they count every dollar that comes in, even if they don't count every one that goes out.

NonEUCitizen 14 years ago | | |

Why not all three branches instead of just executive or just legislative?

cheez17 14 years ago |

A proposal to tie the salary level of all Executive branch compensation to the median income of the American worker, currently roughly $40,000 a year, as determined by the BLS; as well as to merge all retirement plans with Social Security and all healthcare plans with Medicare/Medicaid.