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| Rob Gleason |
“Well
of course people are opting not to run for additional terms in Congress. It’s a
tough job and it really doesn’t pay THAT well, you know.”*
Rob
Gleason, chair of the Pennsylvania GOP, commenting on the announced
plan of U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-Pennsylvania) to retire after five terms.
Members of the House earn $174,000 a year, with a pension plan that provides
them with 80 percent of their annual income upon retirement, which they can
begin to receive at age 50. Members of Congress also receive a generous health
insurance allowance and special tax deductions of which the average person only dreams. Congressman, of course, also are eligible for Social Security based on
their Congressional salaries. Gerlach, who is 57, incidentally, is also a former
Pennsylvania state legislator and as such will be eligible for
a SECOND extremely generous taxpayer-funded legislative pension for his service to that
state. Pennsylvania's legislators have, for the past 25 years, been among the highest or the highest paid in the nation, despite their part-time status. The median household income in the United States in 2012 incidentally, was $51,017.
*(Yeah, he really said it.)
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