House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress

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House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress

mikesez
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06-05-2019, 04:24 PM

(06-05-2019, 04:11 PM)TJBender Wrote: Members of Congress make anywhere between $174k and $223k for roughly 130 days of "work" per year.

If anything, Congressional and Presidential pay should be cut. Take us to the Cincinnatus model, where the people who really want to be there will be there. Have it pay enough that people who want to be there can be there, but not so much that it makes members of Congress some of the highest-earners in the country. $100k seems right, given that it's in DC.

The problem is it costs so much to get elected.
If people actually did their own research on every candidate before voting, that'd be one thing, but they don't. A candidate needs to spend much more on advertising to win a seat than they'll ever earn from the salary if they win.

A truism for anyone: you answer to the one who signs your checks. The bigger the checks, the more control the signer has.

It'd be nice if legislators answered to the Treasury, but they answer to big donors, foreign and domestic.

My fellow southpaw Mark Brunell will probably always be my favorite Jaguar.

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House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by The Drifter - 06-05-2019, 02:36 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by StroudCrowd1 - 06-05-2019, 02:56 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by The Drifter - 06-05-2019, 03:29 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by StroudCrowd1 - 06-05-2019, 03:41 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by TJBender - 06-05-2019, 04:11 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by mikesez - 06-05-2019, 04:24 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by MalabarJag - 06-05-2019, 10:19 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by TJBender - 06-05-2019, 11:20 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by StroudCrowd1 - 06-05-2019, 04:25 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by flsprtsgod - 06-06-2019, 06:36 AM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by mikesez - 06-05-2019, 04:16 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by 13Coronas - 06-05-2019, 06:16 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by StroudCrowd1 - 06-05-2019, 08:02 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by mikesez - 06-05-2019, 08:56 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by StroudCrowd1 - 06-05-2019, 09:27 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by 13Coronas - 06-06-2019, 06:15 AM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by mikesez - 06-06-2019, 07:38 AM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by JagNGeorgia - 06-05-2019, 11:44 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by mikesez - 06-06-2019, 07:20 AM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congressa - by 13Coronas - 06-06-2019, 09:40 AM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congressa - by mikesez - 06-06-2019, 11:25 AM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congressa - by 13Coronas - 06-06-2019, 12:43 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congressa - by flsprtsgod - 06-08-2019, 07:39 AM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by 13Coronas - 06-06-2019, 09:06 AM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by The Real Marty - 06-06-2019, 03:57 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by mikesez - 06-06-2019, 04:53 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by JagNGeorgia - 06-06-2019, 09:38 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by mikesez - 06-06-2019, 11:20 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by americus 2.0 - 06-06-2019, 11:35 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by mikesez - 06-07-2019, 11:20 AM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by The Real Marty - 06-07-2019, 11:24 AM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by mikesez - 06-07-2019, 12:23 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by The Real Marty - 06-07-2019, 03:11 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by mikesez - 06-07-2019, 03:57 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by americus 2.0 - 06-07-2019, 11:44 PM

RE: House Democrats propose $4,500 pay raise for Congress - by mikesez - 06-08-2019, 08:08 AM

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