Letter to the editor: Let's cut Congress' expenses instead

Just saw a news clip of President Joe Biden talking about raising the debt ceiling. He was asking where cuts to the new budget would come from if we don’t raise it. He went on using his usual scare tactics: “Do we cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, veterans’ programs?”

I have an idea, Mr. President: We have 435 House representatives and 100 senators. Let’s reduce their daily “living” stipend, cut each of their staffs by 15%, cut their travel budgets, give them a less expensive health care plan, etc. Why do cuts always have to be to the people who pay for the budget — us citizens?

Sorry, Mr. President, we have had enough of “our” presidents and representatives not thinking of the consequences of raising the debt ceiling.

Dorothy Shock

Springdale