I think they make most of their money trading with their classified information.
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rainynight65@feddit.de 8 months ago
Tell them they’re not getting paid until they have elected a speaker. Watch how quickly they’ll sort themselves out.
ATDA@lemmy.world 8 months ago
TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 8 months ago
the oil companies won’t stop paying them, why punish the ones who dont get that money
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Does Congress still get paid during a government shutdown that they themselves cause? I wouldn’t be surprised, they seem to make a lot of rules that make themselves the exemption.
SomeRandomWords@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Yes. It partially makes sense because you could screw the new congresspeople who aren’t corrupt with hidden income sources into not being able to afford their living situation, which could become a really bad point of leverage for awful people. I believe their staff goes without pay though.
Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Not very quickly. How many of them are multimillionaires? Go ahead, guess. Here’s a hint.
They won’t care if they miss a year’s worth of paychecks if they can hurt poor people by doing so.