In some states being a state rep isn’t paid well or is only a few weeks of work a year. But I would love a law that makes the Fed minimum wage no less than half a house rep salary.
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Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
They should tie minimum wage to their representative’s salary.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 8 months ago
isles@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Perhaps tied to CPI?
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 8 months ago
While the idea is nice because it seeks to tie the representative’s success to ours; too many elected officials are independently wealthy from their public salaries.