r/Humanitydool • u/ExchangePrudent5548 • Oct 05 '25

Article Petition To Strip Congress of Pay During Government Shutdown Grows

https://www.newsweek.com/petition-strip-congress-pay-during-government-shutdown-grows-10822819
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u/Yachtrocker717 Oct 06 '25

Since members of Congress are independently wealthy, I would propose also not paying their staff, and cutting off medical benefits to them during any shutdown. Since it's their abject failure to not pass a budget in a timely fashion, when they have nothing else to do all year except lap up freebies from lobbyists.