While MPs are paid a salary, members of the House of Lords can claim a daily allowance of £300 if they attend a sitting.
Although volunteer firefighters make no salary, members in some departments are eligible for property tax breaks, usually anywhere up to $1,000 per year.
Tim Roemer, former representative from Indiana claims that Congressional "commuting" is taking a serious toll: "Despite a $174,000 salary, members of Congress do the job we elected them to do only 'part time.' The rest of the time, they are chasing money for their re-election campaigns".
Perhaps if sequestration had begun with cuts to the salaries of members of Congress, it would not have taken place.
One European issue that found traction with Romanian voters was the salaries of members of the European Parliament.
For example, reducing the salaries of members of Congress by half, to eighty-seven thousand dollars a year, is not a good idea.
In a country where two-thirds of the population lives on $2 a day, the government raised the salaries of members of Parliament to $2,400 a month.
He estimated that the salaries for members of the women's team ranged from "a jersey and a bike" to about $100,000 a year.
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries are creating a multimillion dollar fund to pay salaries to members of the armed opposition, who are out-gunned by Mr Assad's military.
That is quite a change for a small kibbutz that has mainly lived off its date palms, dairy shed and the salaries of members who work outside the farm.
Bee Moorhead, executive director of Texas Impact, a multifaith advocacy group, said that the second largest expenditure for churches and other houses of worship was typically energy, after salaries for members of the clergy and staff.
