"Struggling to make ends meet" on $174K a year?? Really Nancy???

[MADem]

133. I used to--and the Congresspeople should go old school--like many of their constituents do when

times get tough.

Back in the day, delegations would chip in and rent a place, and they'd share expenses. This was the paradigm; anything else was an exception. It would be a crash pad, a commuter place. It wasn't where they lived, it was where they slept while they were doing the work of the people.

Now everyone thinks they need their own "Condit condo" love pad. They need to try rooming with three or four others--it's amazing how expenses can be reduced that way.

I say cut their pay and give them free vouchers for air travel home to their district.

That'll put them at HOME during "recess" (such a childish term) and make them more likely to interface with the people they represent, instead of the lobbyists who are bent on influencing them to work against the interests of their constituents.