significant than any bidenomics spin can conceal. what is your message here, andy? look, first of all, give kamala harris a little credit for coming up with this counter narrative statement. she s at least admitting people are in very, very serious trouble. look, there are people out there right now who have to go to their credit cards, savings accounts, borrow money from somewhere, draw down on their 401(k) plans to cover a dental bill, a medical bill, unexpected car expense. we all experience those things regularly. and this is why we see savings dropping materially, we see people drawing down on the 401(k), 36% increase, according to bank of america second quarter and now have credit card debt over a trillion dollars. 51% of americans cannot pay the debt off at the end of the month and interest rates are double digits, somewhere between 15 and 22% on the credit cards. so, this is a real disaster for americans.
make in a year? before you answer that could you live on 174,000 bucks a year? what if we threw in a million car expense for car leases and bottled water and free gym memberships? sound good? that s what our men and women in congress get. apparently that s not enough. i almost don t like to talk about it but it s kind of a sad state of affairs that we re entering ourself event year of congress not receiving a raise. members deserve to be paid staff deserve to be paid and the cost of living here is causing serious problems for people who are not wealthy to be able to serve in this institution. if you divide by the mere 132 days a year that the house is actually in session, these clowns makeover over $200 per hour.