Lawmakers give up pay raise in 2010

Following President Obama's lead, Congress will be following suit by foregoing a schedule pay raise next year. To them the pay increase of a little over $4700 will be better used for policies and laws that they put into place. I commend them for not taking this pay increase because at this time we definitely need to be conserving our governmental spending towards only the most important issues. Although it does not amount to a billion dollars in savings, it is still a substantial amount that taxpayers will now see used in a way to benefit them more directly.