Comment on Make Congress Earn Average American Wage.

• yakko@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  At least until campaign finance is fixed. Citizens United has fully instituted political bribery as a matter of course

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• binarytobis@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ll never get over how cheap it is to buy politicians. They make so much money, then they can be made to vote for a genocide for $3000.

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  • Krankenwagen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s not just about how much they get, it’s also about how much their opponents don’t get.

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    • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think it’s more to do with influence. They gain the favor of a large business with access to basically infinite money which gives them a whole lot more power behind them

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• Goodeye8@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Which is why taking away their salary punishes honest politicians more than corrupt ones.

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