Recently, the Washington Examiner interviewed Rep. Alan Grayson (FL-8) about his bill, the Pay for Performance Act of 2009, which would regulate the pay of anyone who works at a company that received an investment from the Federal government under the stimulus or TARP legislation. During the interview Grayson said,

This bill will show which Republicans are so much on the take from the financial services industry that they're willing to actually bless compensation that has no bearing on performance and is excessive and unreasonable.

What I find ironic is that many government salaries aren’t based on performance and are excessive and unreasonable! Maybe we could start with the performance of many members of Congress. Luckily for Mr. Grayson, he automatically receives a pay raise that isn’t based on his performance or for showing up to work. He gets it automatically for being elected to his position. (Ordinary American’s certainly don’t get automatic raises.) Maybe Congressional salaries and pensions could be a place he could start his vendetta to assure that compensation is based on performance.

Just in case Mr. Grayson was curious, the Gallop’s public approval rating for Congress is 39%. Obviously the public approves of Congress’ performance. Too bad we don’t get to vote on their salaries.

Click here to read the Washington Examiner’s article.

Click here to view Gallop’s poll.