karl_chungus@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoMembers of Congress may be about to get a pay raise for the first since 2009www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkMembers of Congress may be about to get a pay raise for the first since 2009www.businessinsider.comkarl_chungus@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareKenTheEagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoGuess the tv appearances, podcasts, book sales, and other meaningless things the hustle isn’t enough. Minimum wage is still 7 bucks
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoYeah, but is it enough for someone not grifting? Or is the annual salary kept low so that grifting needs to be done and that normalizes bigger incidents of corruption
Guess the tv appearances, podcasts, book sales, and other meaningless things the hustle isn’t enough. Minimum wage is still 7 bucks
Yeah, but is it enough for someone not grifting?
Or is the annual salary kept low so that grifting needs to be done and that normalizes bigger incidents of corruption