I like the ideas that people are saying about median and mean wage being the benchmark for congressional pay, but wouldn’t it be nicer if they had to meet metrics in order to get paid?

Since they are supposed to serve the American people, making congressional seats commission-based would be nice. That way they’d actually have to put in effort to make their wages.

And any form of bribery or donations should be considered treason, and the people that commit treason should be treated like traitors (Congress people and their donors).

And on stock trading, having to report the trade a day in advance to some kind of a ledger, and on the day of the trade that information be made public. Or better yet, make their brokerage accounts on a platform designed just for Congress people, and they can’t make trades outside of that platform.

One can dream