Link Congressional Pay To Performance
PAY FOR PERFORMANCE FOR CONGRESS
Keep Congress Working for America: Pay Based on National Performance Create a merit and incentive based pay structure for employees of Congress and the Executive, including House Representatives, Senators, and the President themselves. The private sector has long had performance based pay structure.
Cut base pay for Congress and the Executive by 30%, and supplemented that with a bonus. The bonus pay will be linked inversely to the unemployment rate, the inflation rate, the crime rate, and the deficit; and directly to the GDP. Further wars cost money, not to mention lives. Bonus pay should thus be inversely linked to the number of American soldiers killed in battle.
We also propose a similar incentive system for State governments
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The private sector has long had performance based pay structure. We, Americans for Economic Growth, propose creating a similar merit and incentive based pay structure for employees of Congress and the Executive, including House Representatives, Senators, and the President themselves.
Base pay for Congress and the Executive will be cut by 30%, and supplemented with bonus. The bonus pay will be linked inversely to the unemployment rate, the inflation rate, the crime rate, and the deficit; and directly to the GDP. If the unemployment rate or the crime rate, or inflation or the deficit rises bonus pay will be reduced. Conversely, if the unemployment rate, or the crime rate, or inflation or the deficit falls, bonus pay will be increased. Further if the GDP rises, bonus pay will be increased.
