Congress Votes Itself a Pay Raise in Middle of Worst Deficits

I can't believe it. We have the worst deficits and Congress rewards itself with a pay raise! That is cheeky. It is undeserved - with gas prices hitting record levels along with trillion dollar increases in the debt celing they should have their pay frozen, or cut, but not raised. If I were there, I would vote AGAINST a pay raise until they balance the budget. THAT could generate a return to fiscal sanity. I guess it is just too rough on them to live on $168,000 year, a king's ransom to most people, even in CD22...