He’s not alone: AOC and others have argued lawmakers should be paid more in order to protect against corruption and make the job more accessible.
He’s not alone: AOC and others have argued lawmakers should be paid more in order to protect against corruption and make the job more accessible.
To be fair, they do typically need staff that are paid by themselves. They need a residence in DC and their home state too.
Build them dormitories in DC.
Let them live in their cars like Americans, then.
Not legally possible afaik
Edit: I’m wrong, thank you to Knightfox for providing context as to why exactly I am.
Who makes the laws?
It’s not legal to live in your car in many places. No one cares about making sure that doesn’t happen in any other context, and we shouldn’t care when it’s the sociopaths who make sure wages stay low for everyone else.
They could easily change the laws to make it legal in dc
I meant because Representatives and Senators have a bunch of special rules around mailing and mailing addresses. I’m sure there’s another rule requiring them to have an actual residence in DC as well, not just a PO Box, for example.
Edit: Also you do realize that if politicians aren’t paid well by the government then all of their money will come from the private sector right?
No one cares if anyone else can afford to maintain the minimum requirements for their job.
They already take bribes, and we already pay them too much. Every cent these pieces of shit earn that is greater than the minimum wage is an insult to everyone who works for a living in this country.
This is not true, they don’t have to have a residence in DC. Also, the House only is in session about 4-5 hours per day, ~160 days a year and they aren’t actually required to show up (they might not get reelected if they are skipping but voters rarely actually care)
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/report-cards/2022/house/missed-votes
With that kind of schedule I’d fucking commute or like many congressmen, I’d sleep in my office.
I stand corrected.
The staff aren’t paid out of the members’ pockets. They have a budget for running their offices.