Members of the US Congress can cut their salaries if they drag out with the adoption of the federal budget. For the slowest legislators, salaries can fall to $ 1 per year. With such an initiative, Rep. Greg Gianforth.

With the help of such an initiative, the congressman decided to force his colleagues to consider the draft budget for the 2018th financial year, which will begin in less than three months - September 30. The document is still not approved, although for the consideration of parliamentarians, US President Donald Trump introduced it back in May. The adoption of the draft budget is hampered by members of the Democratic Party. They do not like that the document provides for the reduction of a number of environmental programs, programs to help the poor, as well as the state program of medical care for needy Medicaid, RT reports..

In the bill proposed by Gianforth, it is proposed to tie the payment of deputy salaries to the results of their work on the approval of the country's main financial document.

"In the event that until July 28, 2017 the head of the administrative and budgetary administration does not confirm that the House of Congress has adopted a draft budget for the budget for the fiscal year 2018, the person in charge of paying salaries to congressmen in this chamber must transfer salaries to the representatives of this chamber for storage This period, withholding of payments will cease only after the expiration of this period, "the draft law says..

If the members of the congress are not re-educated and will continue to delay with the approval of the budget, by 2020. They risk virtually no salary. "Each member of the House must receive an annual salary of $ 1," Gianforth said..

As of last year, each member of the US Congress received a salary of $ 174 thousand. (About 10 million rubles) per year. Under the past president Barack Obama, parliamentarians constantly complained about scanty wages: with this money, they said, it is impossible to live in the capital "dignifiedly".

Greg Gianforth supported the draft budget proposed by Donald Tramp. The cuts in expenses, according to the congressman, are justified, as the constantly growing state debt of the USA needs urgent reduction. To date, it already exceeds the size of GDP. "The volume of US public debt is more than $ 19 trillion. Over the past 52 years, the US has 47 times been recorded an annual budget deficit, "the draft law says.. Trump initiatives stabilize the country's economy, Gianforth is convinced.

During the pre-election campaign, the current head of the White House promised to repay the state debt for two presidential terms. He also said that in the next decade will activate economic growth, creating 25 million new jobs. Trump assured the voters that he would restart the "engine of the economy" and in the shortest possible time he would accelerate the growth rates of the country's GDP to 3.5-4% per year.

In the draft budget for the 2018 financial year, Trump partially fulfills the promise he made to normalize the situation in the labor market. According to the document, the Ministry of Internal Security plans to gain 8 thousand. Employees, and immigration and customs services - 15 thousand.

At the same time, political opponents of Trump point out that other measures taken by him only aggravate the situation with unemployment. In particular, the president's decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement on climate is criticized.

According to analysts' forecast, because of the denunciation of the agreement, America will lose by 2040 g. About 6.5 million jobs in different areas. The gas industry gives the country 362 thousand. Jobs, the solar energy industry - 374 thousand. Vacancies. The reorientation to more traditional energy resources, such as oil and coal, can significantly reduce investments in renewable and more environmentally friendly resources and lead to a reduction in the number of jobs.