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By JOHN MAROCCHI
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
Your renumeration, and that of some high-level members of the executive and judicial branches, has recently been a prominent topic in the news. Numerous stories and commentaries have addressed the issue, some favorably-fJames J. Kilpatrick, Washington Post, Dec. 26, 1988, p. A25), others critically (Vincent Carroll, Culpeper Star-Exponent, Dec. 29, 1988, page 4). Most coverage has focused on pay for members of the Congress.
Following are some thoughts of a senior citizen/taxpayer on this issue, as it applies to members of the United States Congress.
How does anyone decide proper levels of compensation? The simplest, most efficient way is: “Let the market do it,” i.e., pay that amount required to obtain the requisite skills in the quantities needed. On that reasonable basis there is no need to raise Congressional salaries.
There is no shortage of candidates willing to spend large sums of their money, to devote untold hours to campaigns and to sacrifice time for family and other personal activities. No evidence suggests that the
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