90% pay cut for all elected servants.

I agree with you...they are supposed to serve the citizens, not get rich off us...I am not sure Obama and his goons are going to like it too much though. It is funny how Obama was quick to try to put a salary limit on the corporate managers of the big corporations, which is certainly a good thing, but he said nothing about cutting his own salary or the salaries of any other politicians...a double standard perhaps??

I've never been a fan of across the board punishment...brings me back to the days of my youth when my parents couldn't find out who did something so all four of us were punished. (It was usually my brother's fault) From what I've seen and heard about here in Florida, I don't believe that my governor (and his tan) is squandering any funds that we've received. There are a lot of projects ongoing that have put people back to work and more in the pipeline. Our senators aren't worth a damn but, then again, Barbara Mikulski has been doing a good job in Maryland for a couple of decades.

I suppose it would be "fair" if we wanted only those who are independently wealthy to even run for office. Although the six-figure salaries members of Congress get seems like a lot of money to me, even I realize it's a far cry from those who make 8 or 9 figures PLUS bonuses. I think if there's just ONE thing most of us who post regularly in this interest would agree about it's that we'd love to have a Congress that looked more like the general American population. In other words, they shouldn't all be lawyers, investment bankers or former CEOs but there should be more teachers, nurses, postal workers, plumbers, construction workers, homemakers, waitresses, law enforcement workers or any of hundreds of other fields that are not represented in Washington or in our state capitals. Unfortunately these people can't usually just take from two to six years off from their jobs and move or commute to D.C. without a livable wage. To me they're currently overpaid but possibly to some from other parts of the country that's not the case. I definitely think their expense accounts should be drastically cut or done away with completely and we need REAL campaign finance reform but I don't think they should have to serve for around $12,000 or so a year. That would give us a more out-of-touch Congress, not less. Annie

Well X your just being sarcastic on this one. Public officals should receive a decent salary so it wont be relagated to just the rich. I believe the executive branch has way too many employees though. I believe Obama should dwindle down the amount of czars and assistant secretaries,etc, by half by 2012. That should at least save a 10 billion. By 2012 the programs and direction should be being implemented and a mainrenance staff should be all that is needed. But public officials should be paid a decent salary

Amen brother! I was just thinking that last night when I was listening to talk radio. They mentioned how Obama said something about it not being fair to the tax payers when these companies vote themselves big bonuses. Well, how about Congress and their voting themselves big pay raises?

Evidently, you missed my genius idea of making them sell brownies to make their money instead of the government paying them or rather them paying themselves. Something like that. These people have no shame. Look what a great thing they think they're doing for seniors after taking the COLA away. Hurry up and take this $250, I gotta get to the bank to cash my $10,000 monthly pay raise. Okay, I pulled that number out of the air, but it doesn't change anything.

I agree! Finally a czar with a great idea. Think of the tax money we will save. That alone might fund their crazy health care!

that is good news. it should have been 100% or more. what good does these elected servants do to those elected them? the problems remain for ever, without any solution or an attempt to solve it. these elected servants forget everything and are always hand-in-glove with those lobbyists. ofcourse, for a consideration. why should the public be fleeced when these servants do no deliver the goods or pubilc money being used to promote private good.

90% pay cut for the non-elected czars too!

I agree with a much needed pay cut for our elected officials. Perhaps a cap on pay, per position, would be beneficial. The fact that Congress gets full medical coverage for something ridiculous like $40/month is appalling. The President should command the highest salary, all others should be capped well below. I do not believe in company/gov issued cars either. Freebies are paid for by our taxes. With the level of unemployment/foreclosures on the rise in our country, I think mandating atleast a 50% cut in pay is in line. Those that object can go to another country and see how well they fair.

I support the paycut but 90%!!! if they hear this they will kill you. I support because they are part of the system that created this mess and if the masses suffer by losing thier jobs, they should suffer also

This idea is excellent. 90% pay cut would be just the beginning; any of the remainder should be contingent on the service they give the American public. Whatever small remuniration these "officials" receive should be voted on and determined, not by themselves, but by the public they are supposed to serve. If they collect usurious taxes, waste and misuse our tax money, and continue to undermine our Constitution, they should get $O and be automatically removed from office, no vote needed. The usurper should immediately return the $1.4 million "Nobel" money to the American taxpayer and the 1.5 million of our tax money he pays lawyers to keep his vital records sealed, so he can continue his jihad of America. I can't think of anyone less deserving of a "Peace" prize than the man who hates America and Israel and whose mission is to destroy them. Additionally, this treasonous government, Pelosi, Frank, Reid, and everyone in the DNC should be in jail and ordered to pay back to the American public the millions they have accumulated in order to feather their greedy little nests at our expense. They insult and denigrate us, we the people, whom they were elected to serve. They serve only themselves and don't even deserve $1.00 for that. While they deliberately ravage their constituency, they set themselves up as rulers, nowhere near the constraints of our Constitution. These bums in office make Bernie Madoff look like a schoolboy, with their nefarious double-dealings, not just to continually enrich themselves at our expense, but to deliberately and systemmatically remove every one of our freedoms and sell out our sovereignty as a nation. Why should we continue to PAY these criminals by the sweat of our brow to do their DIRTY work and enslave us and make us pay for debts we never incurred by shoving us into the UN underworld of one-world government, with the US CONTINUING to foot the bill for those who hate us and covet what is ours. Thanks to oaf Al Gore, another not " noble" prize winner, a criminal usurper has been enabled to simply hand over our freedom and enslave us.

I agree with the premise and your point. If these government officials want to cut salaries of people in the private sector, they should be willing to do it themselves. That is something you'll never see happen though. Politicians consider themselves to be above the rest of society. They believe they enact the rule of law to apply to the masses but not themselves. That's why you see so many of them break the law. That's why you see someone appointed to a position that makes sure everybody pays their taxes, who has himself, cheated on his taxes. That's why they vote themselves pay increases while cutting salaries for others. That's why they want to enact healthcare for everyone except themselves, they'll have their own exclusive plan. That's why they have their own retirement plan better than anything you will find anywhere else. We need to vote them all out of office and start over with people that represent us instead of their own special interests.

unreasonable country is really different from ah low pay of civil servants in china,and the work tired.