I want to address an unpopular topic, elected official’s pay. We tend to attract failed lawyers and thieves. People there to line their pockets. The American government has become no more than a den of thieves. Just look at the fraud that has been uncovered. It is staggering. Why…?
I’ll tell you why….. The president makes 400,000 dollars a year. The President…. That’s sad…. He President of all fifty states, he presides over the American economy and is Commander and Chief of our armed forces… and he paid 400,000 dollars a year. (The fellow we have now is exceptional.)
How much does Elon Mush make, or the head of Ford, the head of Jeep, the head of Boeing, Hummm…? The fellow that runs a single Dow Chemical Plant makes more money than the President. Why..? Because he is responsible for the output of the whole plant, every unit. He is responsible for every employee’s safety and output. He is responsible for the plant’s budget, the plant’s payroll the plant’s moral.
Think about what the President does… Just what is he worth? Now think about the congress, what? 180,000 dollars a year….and all you can steal. Their colleges in the private sector are doing much better. Much better, save the money they’re stealing.
If you want the country to run like a well oiled machine, than you have to be willing to pay for it. Because they are so woefully underpaid, we attract failed lawyers and money grubbers, people who can’t really make it in the private sector, because they lack the talent. Why do we want them in government?
The people who can make a company run, and run it well...have a job, a good job. Paying a hell of a lot more than elected government service. And he doesn’t get dragged through the mud by the media every time you turn around. He’s not going to run for public office…. He’s not going to take a cut in pay and deal with the assholes in the media. He’s not going to do it…….Unless you’re willing to pay him what he’s worth.
We always bitch when congress gives themselves a raise, and they never give themselves much of one. They know better, if they raised the pay to a proper level the JOB calls for, they know they’d be out of work right quick, and off the gravy-train they’ve built. So you see…. They know. And they will fight to keep their little gravy train, because that is all they know.
How to fix it..? I don’t really know. The house & senate will never give themselves such a raise, because it would attract talent to run against them. I think it’s something the President himself needs to address, draft and push as we drain the swamp.
George Henry Nichols
May 2026
