What are we paying members of Congress $285,000 per year for?

By MacMillin Slobodien and David Williams – The end of the fiscal year has come and gone and yet again Congress has failed to enact any appropriations bills and the country is deeper in debt.

Unlike the private sector, where salaries are earned from willing customers, Congressional salaries and benefits are taken out of the pockets of the struggling taxpayers. And, also unlike the...