how many people does it take to do nothing?

Ash came home and told me that someone from a congressman's staff called her in reference to a disability case. My wheels started turning and i asked myself, "is there one person who does that per congressman?" or "how many people does the congressman retain for services and are they paid?" So i searched and found this website http://www.legistorm.com/salaries.html . being that public salaries are public knowledge, i found my answer and was shocked at the number but also salaries that are paid by you and I(the taxpayer). This is how big government has gotten. Check out David Price's staff or senator dole's. multiply the average staff members per congressman(535 elected members of congress) and you get an enormous tax burden. if they keep hiring aides and staffers, then the congressman gets the false sense that they can do more but in reality, i think it makes them lazy and unattached to the general public. I say we bring back the days when only the congressman go to Washington and that they do the work themselves. it's a good way to hold them accountable and at the least save a tremendous amount of money. Please check it out, it will blow your mind.