Retiring House Republican says $174,000 isn't enough money for members of Congress: 'Most of us don't have wealth'

politics @lemmy.world – 210 points – 10 months ago

Retiring House Republican says $174,000 isn't enough money for members of Congress: 'Most of us don't have wealth'

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.

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I hear your point, and it might be true, but it’s only a hypothesis because, in the grand scheme of things, they aren’t paid well relative to other work with significantly lower amounts of responsibility.

"We should pay these corrupt pieces of shit even more money, and maybe they'll stop taking bribes" is a hypothesis we've tested PLENTY of times. The results are conclusive: the people we put into office are overpaid at any price, and are corrupt no matter how much money we waste on them.

When has this hypothesis been tested in the USA?

Where are these conclusive results you speak of?

When has this hypothesis been tested in the USA?

Every single time we gave them a raise.

Where are these conclusive results you speak of?

They're still corrupt.

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