A nice little golden, graphic reminder of where any cuts *SHOULD* come from

[quakerboy]

21. I disagree most heartily

I don't see any reason to make our elected officials MORE susceptible to bribery. The amount we spend on elected officials is miniscule compared to our budget. Even cutting every dollar of salary and benefits from every senator, congress person, and president would not make a dent in the deficit.

Personally, I think one way to get the politicians thinking a bit more about the policies they espouse(as well as encouraging a whole different class of politicians to participate), is to make a requirement that their personal wealth becomes part of the US government portfolio on the day they swear in, and their returns at the end of their tenure are based in some way on the performance of government while they serve.

But cutting their salary seems petty, useless, and likely to backfire. The only ones this would hurt are the honest ones. Without having any significant budgetary effect.

Lets look instead at some real reform. Reducing military spending. Reforming our tax code to stop benefiting those who do the least work. That kind of thing