Government for the People, Represented by the People

Most of our Representatives and Senators come from money. One of the things I would suggest is putting an income limit on who can sit in office. I would propose that if someone made over $100,000 a year that they could not represent us. Most American citizens barely make $40,000 a year. Someone who makes $100,000 or more a year probably doesn't know on a day to day basis how it feels to pinch pennies, scrape to get by. By placing an income limit on the person who sits in office, the lower income families would be more represented. But one might see the problem here of the person being bought .

The person in the House would receive a $100,000 salary a year. The person in Senate would receive $125,000. This is more than enough to live on. They would live in a federally owned home while they serve their term. They would be required to pay all utilities, groceries, etc...The common daily expenses. We would supply them with a vehicle to drive back and forth to work, nothing expensive, something like a dodge neon. They would be allotted a meager gas allowance, just enough to cover what it would cost to make it to work a week. They would be required to pay for insurance though and all repairs to the vehicle. They would also be required to attend congress. Not just show up for votes. The reason for this is, if we don't show up for work then we don't get paid so they should not either.

Another problem in my opinion is how they have all these little perks. For example, taking a trip to Africa for a fact finding mission, when in all reality they were just taking a vacation on the tax payers expense. This would not be allowed to occur anymore. With the way telecommunications are nowadays they can do this by video conferencing. It would save the taxpayers a ton of money. We would also set it up so that they cannot be bribed.