It's worse than you can imagine, Sam!
The federal payroll is currently over $450 BILLION a year. That' s not counting the billions we're paying in benefits & healthcare for retired federal workers. Add in state and local municipality workers, and you've got a huge hole that can't be filled by us as a nation consuming 50% more than we produce, with borrowed money. We as a nation are headed towards economic disaster and neither party is serious about fixing or stopping it.
By the way, it's not just 500 congress members. There are a lot of people that serve 1 or 2 terms and leave. We cover them. They all have staff members. We cover them.
Again, I ask you - who's the public servant???
Same as always, the private sector, tax paying, little guy and/or gal that nobody in Congress seems to want to actually represent.
Regards,
Paul