Hmmm #647893032116

[madamesilverspurs]

[BobTheSubgenius]

1. Doesn't sound quite right, either.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. And yet they still get voted in.

Face it, repuq's are stupid.

[Evolve Dammit]

3. And many of them are NO smarter. But they are richer. And that's where we are. nt

[OldBaldy1701E]

9. That is what I have been saying

for decades. Just because someone has wealth does not mean they are smarter, wiser, better human beings. In fact, the more wealth they have, the more likely they are the opposite of this. Yet, we as a society keep right on worshiping those who have a lot of money as some kind of paragons. They are nothing of the kind.

[Blue Owl]

4. Enough of this shit!

[ailsagirl]

6. There has GOT to be a way to shout down the bastards

This is truly outrageous and it happens again and again and again

[keithbvadu2]

5. Sean Duffy whines that $174,000 is low pay.

Sean Duffy whines that $174,000 is low pay.

$87 an hour.

http://www.tinyurl.com/4aehw689

[usaf-vet]

14. He only stayed in Congress long enough to get a better job on K street.

Last week he was on Fox News to tell us that windmills don't work in cold weather.

So that tells us how hypocritical or stupid he is because he lives with 100 miles of windmills in Wisconsin that work year-round including in winter weather with conditions as bad or worse than those in Texas.

There are 10 wind projects in Wisconsin that are presently generating electricity for utility use. The oldest projects started operating in 1999, while the newest, EDP Renewables' Quilt Block project in Lafayette County, started operating in 2017. Combined, these projects contain 437 wind turbines and total 737 MW.

Wisconsin has a business that manufactures windmills
https://tinyurl.com/y94ccefz

[djacq]

7. $83.65 per hour

This ain't right.

[AllaN01Bear]

8. does not compute. ceos are paid billions and we cant have a $16 .00 min wage,

or a decent living wage , or a basic income ?

[Kittycatkat]

10. They only work part part time! We, the American people

also provide and pay for their health care plans, their free gym memberships, their free room and board, lifetime pensions after working for only 5 years, as members of congress insider trading is legal... I could go on and on. Funny how the Republicans only cry "socialism" when the poor and middle class would like to benefit from their own tax dollars! Their mission statement must read: "what's good for the goose is good for the goose, so f$#k off if your not a goose!"

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. Each Representative and Senator shall be receive no more than the median of their constituents.

[KPN]

13. Wouldn't that be interesting. But it's likely far too rational from a long-term

societal stability and sustainability standpoint (that's a lot of S's!) to ever be adopted.

[gibraltar72]

12. I have thought for many years the Congressional salary

should be based on a multiple of the average wage in a district. Thus the assholes would have an incentive to insure the well being of their actual constituents not donors.

[soldierant]

18. There are different ways to comlute an "average."

When it's not specified, that usually means the "mean." The mean slants toward the rich. I agree with the poster who propsed the median be specified.

I suppose the mode might also work, and that could be very interesting.

[turbinetree]

15. And if your the chairman of a committee you make around $225,000 a year

[PBass]

16. Maybe the minimum wage should be tied to Congress' salary...

No rise in Congress' salary without a rise in the minimum wage. Ever.

[Jetheels]

17. Maybe if we paid them minimum wage

and no healthcare.........
after all they’re just part timers......