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The Congress s lack of proper attention to, and diligent work on, its basic responsibilities; costly, wasteful involvement in peripheral matters; and poor judgment in many decisions all these factors lead this voter and taxpayer to conclude that job performance does not merit a pay raise. There are exceptions, most of whom, not coincidentally, oppose the pay raise.
There is the question of equity, defined in one dictionary as, “The quality of being equal or fair . . . even-handed dealing.” Mr. Kilpatrick makes the point that the higher salaries are “fair.” Why? "... the proposed increases would not even restore the purchasing power . . . epjoyed 20 years ago.”; '<
However, if no member of Congress should lose purchasing power, equity demands the same for all citizens. Consider a case which could be repeated a million times over. A friend purchased land for investment in 1966, paying $20,000. In
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