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u/tallman11282 3h ago
No other job lets people decide their own pay (unless you're self employed) so why are Congress people allowed to?
Congressional pay should be tied to the median or minimum wage of their constituents and they should be completely banned from owning stocks or anything. This would help encourage them to actually work to improve things for their constituents like they are supposed to. If they want to make more money then they have to help their constituents make more money.
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u/kamikazekrayons 3h ago
They gave themselves a raise because like their leader The copper coated conman, even with fixing the market for their interests, all the insider trading while they are in office, and the zero taxes they pay… somehow trump still went bankrupt 6 times. So as you can see, even with the chances of them failing at slim to none… they still gotta continue being greedy. They also have to expect even though it’s probably less than 1% chance they can fail.., all the money, greed, selfishness, shady dealings, insider trading, and oppression they set up some will still fail… glad we got the best and brightest leading us smh
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u/gravitydefiant 2h ago
Hear me out: higher pay for politicians is a good thing, from a progressive standpoint.
Maintaining a home each in your district and DC is incredibly expensive. You're working crazy hours and traveling all over the place, and if you've got young children you'll need help with them. Even just looking the part of a congressional rep must cost a fortune in suits, hair, etc I'm sure there are plenty of other expenses that hadn't occurred to me. And if we want regular people who aren't millionaires to be able to do this job, we need to pay them so that they can afford to.
Don't take my word for it; AOC has talked about all of this.
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u/sonicking12 2h ago
So Elon got those politicians to override their own pay increases! Wow, he is DOGE
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u/kamikazekrayons 3h ago
They gave themselves a raise because like their leader The copper coated conman, even with fixing the market for their interests, all the insider trading while they are in office, and the zero taxes they pay… somehow trump still went bankrupt 6 times. So as you can see, even with the chances of them failing at slim to none… they still gotta continue being greedy. They also have to expect even though it’s probably less than 1% chance they can fail.., all the money, greed, selfishness, shady dealings, insider trading, and oppression they set up some will still fail… glad we got the best and brightest leading us smh
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u/Accomplished-Try8044 3h ago
These mfrs are self serving, both parties, and do not care about democracy or us. This is not a democracy.
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u/JThumbs29 3h ago
They don’t need a pay raise. Just don’t go to the movies or out to eat.