Hemiman Loc: Communist California

Member of the House/ Senate....$174.000
Minority Leader........................$193.400
Speaker of the House................$223.500
Total $590.900 for life plus free medical.

Grugore

The biggest mistake we ever made was paying our politicians more than they're worth. They're supposed to be civil servants; Not multi-millionaires. No wonder our country is so screwed up. Money, after all, is the root of all evil.

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

Her gross net worth was up 62% last year.It was est.at $100,000,000.
She won't release her tax records.

UncleJesse Loc: Hazzard Co, GA

Because tax return shows losses from tea party expenses

Armageddun Loc: The show me state

Um the correct quote: "The love of money is the root of all sorts of evil." :lol: :lol: :lol: :XD: :XD: :XD: Even at 590,000 why do they spend millions to get elected and that money is not their own.

clarkwv Loc: west virginia

I do not know where you got your figures from, nice work of fiction!

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

Really,feel free to correct them.

grace scott

The love of money is the root of all evil.

Loki Loc: Georgia

The $174,000 is the tip of the iceberg. Why on earth would someone who makes multiple millions per year give it up for a job that pays a fraction of what they have been making, unless it pays a lot more? A good many of the multi-millionaires in Congress became that way after their e******n. The Obamas saw their worth go from barely 5 million to nearly 12 million in 6 years.

rolech Loc: Louisville, KY

Don't pick on Duncy Piglosy.
How would you like to have to get by on $100,000,000?

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

Yea,it's a hard life for these dems.Bill and Hillary not being able to pay the mortgage on their houses.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

And don't have to wonder how they go in "poor" and come out multi-millionaire's do we.....Sell their soul, to hell with the whole lot of them, later~~~Karma does take care of things..ITs all just a matter of time~~~~~

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

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permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Hemiman,

This retirment issue has come up again and again, so I will only post a short reply..


Would House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi get "$803,700 Dollars a year for LIFE including FREE medical"?

The email writer gets a whole host of things wrong here.

The message claims Pelosi will retire as a member of Congress making $174,000 — and that she’ll earn it annually, for life, on top of her full speaker’s salary of $223,500 and minority leader’s salary of $193,400, for a whopping "$803,700 Dollars a year for LIFE including FREE medical."

Nope.

Congressional leaders do get paid more than other lawmakers. The speaker of the House earns $223,500. The House minority leader earns $193,400. That’s more than the $174,000 earned by the rank and file. But those are annual salaries that leaders earn while they hold their titles, not lifetime guarantees that get stacked on top of one another.

• First, even if her pension did equal all three salaries, they add up to $590,900, not $803,700. (Unless perhaps the writer’s suggesting the "free medical" is worth $212,800 a year. Talk about rising health care costs!)

• Second, that’s not how it works. See above.

• Third, lawmakers don’t get "free medical." They pay a portion of their health insurance premiums, co-pays and co-insurance and can face a deductible, just like a lot of workers with employer-based health care. In January, their employer-offered health insurance will be a choice of plans offered on Obamacare’s federal exchange.

Pelosi’s higher salary as House speaker from 2007-11 will boost her pension. But the congresswoman, who’s been in office since 1987, would have to work at least two more decades for her starting pension to match a regular lawmaker’s pay, much less $803,700.

She’s 73.

And, oh, by the way, lawmakers haven’t given themselves a pay raise since January 2009.

We’re not saying they’re earning their keep.

But perhaps it’ll make you feel slightly better that their salaries this year hit their lowest inflation-adjusted levels since December 1990. And that more than 200 of them were refusing pay while the government was closed.

Our ruling

A v***l message claims congressional lawmakers earn their salaries "FOR LIFE," which for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi would add up to "$803,700 Dollars a year for LIFE including FREE medical."

Lawmakers don’t earn a salary after their terms end. They may earn pensions based on years of service, but those don’t start until retirement. They don’t get "free medical."

It might feel good to click Forward. But it wouldn’t make this claim any less Pants on Fire.

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

I never claimed she would make$803.700 and I did not get an e-mail regarding retirement benefits,I don't know what you are talking about.Medical is free AFTER retirement,yes they do pay a portion while still employed.she already has retired from her job as Majority Leader and now will retire as Min.Ldr.and be eligible for benefits as I stated.