Comment on Republicans head home for the summer after a string of losses in Congress

• anon6789@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I don’t mind their actual base pay, since by becoming a public official you are automatically hated by at least 40% of the population even if you do a good job.

  Those getting that healthcare they deny us, even after they leave their job… that is the real slap in the face.

  I got a lot of other complaints as well, but the healthcare for life is something that should be a human right.

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  • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I mean, don’t they also get retirement pay forever–something else that they’ve sought over the years to deny us?

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    • anon6789@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I looked it up for the specifics.

      Short version is they get about 1% of base pay per year served, with a slight bonus once you start to stick around for a long time, like 10 years you get 1.1%, 20 years you get 1.2%.

      I’m more concerned with them doing shady stuff back in the private sector where they still have all their political connections with less public scrutiny. I suspect that is the much more lucrative prize.

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