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The Boston Globe

Opinion

Jeff Jacoby

Pull the parachute

Congress should cut its salaries and pensions

With Congress’s approval rating barely above single digits, and with so many Americans feeling the sting of a weak economy, you might think support for a modest one-time pay cut would be a no-brainer.

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