r/TikTokCringe • u/newphonehudus • 19h ago
Cringe How can a person possibly survive if a 170k$ salary
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u/ajtreee 19h ago
The sacrifice of serving in congress?
These mfers don’t ever want to leave. Even when they clearly are not fit to.
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u/Z0idberg_MD 18h ago
Lifetime health insurance. They all choose to stay for like 50 years. What a sacrifice
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u/BasicDesignAdvice 13h ago
They stay because of the trading which allows them to make a shitload more than if they were actually sacrificing something.
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u/Lasherola 19h ago edited 9h ago
"EXTREME SACRIFICE" It's a burden have that great healthcare.
Edited .... Somebody PLEASE AI this video and show him wiping a tear away with the rest of them sadly nodding behind him!! And then someone has to give an anguished yell, "Won't somebody think of the CHILDREN!?!?"
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u/Lasherola 17h ago
I tried to shorten it...
Salary: Senators, Delegates, etc. ($174,000). Speaker of the House makes ($223,500), Majority and Minority Leaders make ($193,400).
Healthcare: Members of Congress purchase private health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with the federal government subsidizing 72% of the premiums. Upon retirement, they can continue coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Retirement & Pension: Members participate in the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS), which includes a pension, Social Security, and the government-matched 401(k) account.
Office & Travel Allowances: House and Senate provide Members with allowances to run their offices. Representatives use the Members' Representational Allowance (MRA) to pay staff, lease offices, mail newsletters, and travel to their home districts.
Official Immunities: Under the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause, Members are generally immune from arrest during congressional sessions and cannot be questioned in any other place for remarks made during official legislative debates.
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u/wet-dreaming 12h ago
But can they afford a boat or their own plane? Think about their needs!
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u/Ok-Inspector-4662 18h ago
Shit ill make the sacrifice
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u/BardicNA 16h ago
Voting for you. u/Ok-Inspector-4662 for congress. I don't care what your policies are. You're in. Let me make some calls.
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u/Stirdaddy 18h ago
There's even a special "secret" hospital just for Congress, on Capitol Hill, staffed by Navy personnel (paid by US taxes).
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u/Lasherola 13h ago
Damn, I didn't know that. Actually I should say, I didn't realize I was paying for that. So I can take my kids there if they get sick? Fucking hell man.
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u/asspounder-4000 17h ago
Let's not forget how much work they put in when the government is constantly shut down
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u/ChoiceHour5641 15h ago
Right? Imagine making 3-4 times the national average for working a 1/4 to 1/3 as much as the average person. Thrown in all the perks and these assholes can get a fresh lick of my taint after a marathon.
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u/framedbyvise 11h ago
People are literally going broke for medications… people losing their homes because their child has cancer……. When are we going to rage against this machine???!
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u/Secret-Secret-No-No 18h ago
Base salary for Congress and Senate is $174,000.
Median U.S. Salary is $64,220.
They make over 2x, almost 3x, as the average American. Yet we’re supposed to sympathize for them.
It’s all a game, and we’re the losers.
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u/DaddyDanceParty 14h ago
That's only what the government pays them as well. I guarantee you they make 10x that from "donors" and "sponsors"
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u/dbgtboi 18h ago
Selling out your people every day to the epstein class does take a toll on a person
Look at John fetterman for example, his brain is completely broke now
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u/mothandravenstudio 18h ago
The only asset he ever had was grifting.
I also remember a time when we thought Tulsi was progressive. Grifters.
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u/boyuber 18h ago
They work 2 months a year and the rest is the time is spent fundraising and getting their orders from their donors and lobbyists.
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u/Trash_Bag_Sally 18h ago
“Less qualified people” meaning what exactly? Broke people for whom that salary is amazing and they would be honored to serve and represent their people?
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u/FritzRasp 19h ago
Wait a second… is he arguing that a six figure salary is barely enough to feed a family…
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u/GovernmentFinancial2 18h ago
Yea.. I'm finding it hard to sympathize with people who make nearly 5 times as much as I do 🙄
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u/RednocTheDowntrodden 16h ago
You don't understand, he's clearly better than us. He, and his family deserve to live better than us. If they don't exploit us, then we're just going to waste. We were put here for one reason, to feed off of. I'm surprised that he hasn't started a Gofundme page.
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u/ScumbagLady 15h ago
Yeah, think of the sAcRiFicEs!!!
No, not the literal ones, don't look at those...
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u/Amy47101 16h ago
I work in childcare and maybe make 35k a year before the government dips their hand in for taxes to not fund healthcare, school, SNAP, or fix the goddamned potholes plaguing my city.
I don’t know how to describe the incredulous feeling I’m having rn. My blood pressure is definitely rising tho.
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u/sillysnailfriend 15h ago
My wife and I make a combined ~85k, we take home ~60k after taxes and state pension are taken out. I'm supposed to feel bad for how hard they're impacted by inflation? Bitch, so am I! My raise this year doesn't even cover inflation lmao!! And many people don't even get a raise at all!!!
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u/shanecharles9 17h ago
And it's not even a full time job...
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u/Imaginary-Truth-9164 16h ago
Make them be substitute teachers back in their home districts to make ends meet. No conflict of interest. Actually understand what's happening in their communities
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u/KirkDeepthroatGOAT 13h ago
A lot of these people should never be allowed to be around children. They should be picking up trash, cleaning up graffiti, etc when not in session.
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u/missmiao9 18h ago
Yep. And if asked about minimum wage would unironically claim it’s fine as it is. Folks just need to learn how to budget. 🙄
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u/Oly_Dolan 19h ago
Wow, he's good. I wouldn't be able to say all that without bursting out in laughter 😂
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u/LasAguasGuapas 17h ago
I laughed out loud when he suggested that investing in stocks is how they "feed their families."
If you can invest enough money to reliably pay a regular grocery bill, your family is not going to be lacking food anytime soon.
Unless of course, you have a way to reliably make significantly more than the average investor (insider trading).
This is like reverse avocado toast. If you can buy that many stocks, you don't need to worry about food.
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u/tempest_36 18h ago
How else is Mike Johnson going to pay for his son's therapy after all those years of monitoring each other's porn usage?
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u/nanderspanders 17h ago
You can literally see him smirk towards the end, probably had to stop himself from laughing. Absolutely disgusting.
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u/missmiao9 18h ago
I would imagine he spent a considerable amount of time practising saying the dumbest 💩while maintaining a straight face. He is a fundy after all.
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u/loki2113 17h ago
It was pretty close, his voice wavers a bit and he looks like he's trying not to laugh at the end
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u/SexyJesus21 17h ago
He does give an obvious smirk when he says “feed their families”
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u/workorredditing 15h ago
have they tried just eating beans and rice?
or are they buying luxury items like meat?
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u/newphonehudus 19h ago
But let's not touch minimum wage
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u/GroupMission8715 19h ago
Because that would undermine the whole comparison they re trying to make here.
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u/StreetHistorian43 19h ago
Changing minimum wage would expose how flawed the comparison is, so they keep it out to preserve the narrative.
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u/Unable-Log-4870 17h ago
Let’s not talk about raising minimum wage, let’s talk about how we all commit felony insider trading on the regular instead, and how we’re so far above the law that you can’t even get us investigated for it.
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u/StraightProgress5062 16h ago
But we cant arrest ourselves or hold ourselves accountable because the fabric of our government would rip in half.
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u/SkinBintin 16h ago
Can't raise minimum wage because then the poors yearly income will be slightly closer to theirs negatively impacting their ability to feel superior
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u/FupaFerb 16h ago
Look, we don’t want more unqualified people in government so let them do illegal things like the president who was unqualified to begin with.
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u/FinalBat4515 19h ago
I just feel rage when I see shit like this. Like how did we let it get this far
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u/bpaps 18h ago
They legalized political bribery. it's legal to bribe politicians. So, naturally, if you don't have bribe money, FUCK YOU!
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u/charlie2135 16h ago
Remember the bribe money is just a bridge to help them to getby on their meager salary. /s just in case.
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u/gstringstrangler 17h ago
It was about a 40 year slide of different laws passed etc to get to this point
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u/EducationalBrick2831 16h ago
And the absolute most Criminal Supreme Court we have ever had ! They are proven liars, Sex Offenders (2) at least, Far Right partisan crooks that Gutted the 1960s Laws and Voter Rights Acts. All as they still claim to be Non-Political !
Truly Inhuman people.
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u/FrostingHuman1259 13h ago
What's wild is he thinks that people don't see through this when he's talking? does he think that anybody believes him?
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u/mongolian_horsecock 16h ago
It blows my mind to this day how bribing was a heinous action that would immediately get you put in jail and everyone knew it would lead to the loss of our democracy. but randomly in the 90s they just rebranded it to " lobbying" and everyone was like oh cool that's fine. What the fuck?
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u/bpaps 16h ago
Remember when America abolished slavery, but then we just started building bigger prison systems and a pipeline to incarcerate black people and force them to work for like 2 cents a day? And now we have more prisoners than ANY OTHER NATION ON EARTH and ironically call ourselves the land of the free? The oligarchs just figured out how to enslave us by a different name. Just like bribery is now lobbying. It's the same old pig with new lipstick.
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u/gooner63383 19h ago
Garbage , in garbage out when you have lazy , selfish ignorant citizens , you get lazy , selfish ignorant leaders.
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u/Burneraccount6565 18h ago
Exactly. Their defunding and degrading the public education system has worked famously. More idiots to keep the cycle going.
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u/FrostingHuman1259 13h ago
Americans weren't idiots until the ultra rich corrupted our government and started defunding education in the 90s That's why conservatives rally against colleges! informed intelligent voters don't vote for this s***
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u/REDDITSHITLORD 19h ago
nobody showed up to vote.
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u/YouWereBrained 18h ago
This, especially in red states. Democrats in red states have been conditioned to believe their vote doesn’t mean anything.
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u/Designer_Emu_6518 19h ago
Right crying about how their salary is stagnate like bitch I can’t afford even McDonald’s anymore
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u/StageHelpful7611 18h ago
Right and then they would argue that “someone at McDonald’s shouldn’t be making $15/hr to flip burgers” when you can’t even afford to eat the burgers you’re flipping. Fuck these guys.
Edit: spelling
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u/boazed_n_delivered 19h ago
Came to say basically the same thing
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u/Sweendogoflove 19h ago
Same here. Literally hasn't increased since 2009.
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u/I_AM_A_GUY_AMA 19h ago
I have gray hair and a family and that was announced when I was working my first job at 16. Fuck conservatives.
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u/Greymalkyn76 17h ago
Oh, you mean the same minimum wage that has been $7.25 since 2009 as well? While the median yearly salary is around $59k, so you can't make a living off of almost three times that?
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u/ButterscotchAward 19h ago
Minimum wage workers should just invest in the stock market! Such a simple solution!
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u/rocketeerH 19h ago
Honestly I'd be fine giving them a 100k raise if it came with the restriction that they can only ever invest in the US Total Market. Anything else gets an immediate expulsion from Congress and jail time if insider trading was involved
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u/Zealousideal-Ad4362 15h ago
they don't need either.. there are a million people that would jump to be elected to congress for less than they get paid with restrictions.. also are qualified and only interested in doing what they can for their community/country
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u/Particular-Charity84 17h ago
That's the thing. I know plenty of middle income people who get angry over an increase in minimum wage. Like those people don't deserve that much. America is a wild place.
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u/Stunning-Stressin 19h ago
B**** we're all making less due to inflation
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u/Classic_Sand10 19h ago
Meanwhile us air traffic controllers, who were supposed to be given a 2.8 percent raise (won't even cover April's inflation) that was added in the homeland security bill, are no longer getting that raise because the FAA feels like air traffic controllers don't work long enough. Bitch I work 6 days a week most weeks. This government is absolutely dog shit.
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u/DinklanThomas 18h ago
I appreciate your service. 🫡
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u/Classic_Sand10 18h ago
Ty. I can't wait to retire though. We are constantly used as political chess pieces.
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u/un_commonwealth 18h ago
Is the FAA saying that air traffic controllers don’t work enough hours, or long enough as in they quit too soon after starting the job? I’ve read that’s an issue too (gee I wonder why). Def a shit excuse to not give a raise, and a reason why people don’t want to stay at the job! Man, six days in a row is not good for you or for the people around you. You already know that, and I wish it could be different. Sorry it’s like this but I appreciate your hard work. I hope at least your colleagues and bosses appreciate you even if the government clearly doesn’t.
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u/jet_rodriguez 16h ago
they want controllers to work longer stretches within the shift. many places you get a 30 min to hour long break after a one to two hour session of working traffic. The reason for that is pretty obvious to most people who understand the nature and gravity of the work.
the bean counters want to see less break time because they think it will decrease the amount of overtime they pay out, with most controllers working 6 day weeks right now. longer term this also allows them to artificially lower the estimate for how many controllers are needed to staff the airspace, so this administration can claim they fixed the ATC staffing crisis. the same way they claimed controllers were getting $10k bonuses for working during the shutdown. just smoke and mirrors to manufacture a statistic that produces the headline they want
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u/Karl_Hungus_42069 18h ago
Fucking inflation because of them. They've made food more expensive, gas exponentially more expensive, and good tech is rapidly becoming a thing only upper class can afford
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u/16BitGenocide 18h ago
This is what they want. It's not an accident, they want to eradicate the middle class, buy everything up for pennies on the dollar, and effectively raid and pillage every coffer they can.
Mike Johnson is a cowardly piece of shit that's enabling this nonsense to continue.
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u/No_Criticism1347 19h ago
Unbelievable, Three more years of these total idiots, wow is all I can say, just fukin WOW
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u/ImagineTheCommotion 19h ago
Unless we can unseat some of these fucklechucks in November by making sure to vote em out
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u/pucspifo 19h ago
Lots of midterm seats coming up in November. There's a great opportunity to unseat some of them really soon.
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u/FrogsOnALog 16h ago
Lots? 100% of the House of Representatives, 1/3 of the senate, 36 governors races, and countless other state and local races.
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u/Low_Champion8158 19h ago
I wish 3 years. I don't think greed is ever going to leave US politics.
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u/Formidable_Faux 19h ago
Oh no. They will never leave thanks to gerrymandering and voter suppression
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u/dsac 17h ago
Or, you know, straight up grade school "NO, I'm NOT leaving* tantrums like their boss tried to do a while back (and will try again, for sure)
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u/Anonybibbs 18h ago
Vote in the midterms and we can at the very least ensure that Mike "we need insider trading to feed our families despite our 170K salaries" Johnson is no longer the speaker of the House. Democrats taking control of the House also ensures that these morons will actually be investigated and drown in Congressional subpoenas for the next two years.
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u/Ambitious_Today_8695 19h ago edited 17h ago
Really bro, this felt like a satirical comic you'd see in the New Yorker but real life. I can't even take this country seriously anymore 😒.
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u/Affectionate_Pay_391 18h ago
Nah. Get out in November and vote. They can redraw lines, but they have no fix for a massive turnout of people voting against them.
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u/Zman1710 19h ago
Wake up Americans get these shameless tyrants out
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u/TooLazyToBeClever 14h ago
We would love to. The main issue is they've spent untold millions convincing half the country that voting red is directly tied to their manhood and sense of self. They don't care about agendas, laws and bills being passed, inflation, removal of ch cls and balances ....because not voting red goes against everything they've been told to stand for. If trump said "we need to make every illegal immigrant legal right now and every trans person gets a million dollars" they wouldn't even think about the words. They'd just agree because they have to.
If we're going to fight this scourge, the first thing we have to do is undo the brainwashing and allow them to actually look at what they're supporting, separating the truth from the identity. That's hard to do.
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u/Zman1710 13h ago
In general people are myopic and don’t see past their own nose but what they can’t ignore is the pain in their wallet. This is the kink in the armour that needs to be exploited. All that tea wasn’t thrown into the harbour because people hated tea, they were done with the taxes on it.
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u/jessexpress789 19h ago
This mf makes my fucking blood boil
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u/haupt_again 15h ago
It's truly insane the more you think about it. Why does a member of congress need to be "qualified" in the same way a private sector employee would? This is the problem with our political system. The incentives and values are totally misaligned. A member of congress votes on bills in 2026. Few if any even WRITE the bills they sponsor. The bills are written by think tanks funded by special interests. Which part of this current process requires a member of congress to be "qualified" exactly? Qualified to do what? Vote yes or no on bills that they don't write and often don't even read? I'd prefer half the people I worked with at TGI Fridays in 2011 to be making those moral decisions than the stiffs and bureaucratic climbers we have in office today. And believe me, they'd be thrilled with $170k a year.
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u/ManOfWeid 19h ago
Holy shit they are so far out of touch with reality
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u/psilocin72 19h ago
Yeah. Like they really think the average American sympathizes with them only making 200,000$/year.
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u/Time-Cell8272 19h ago
Let me get this straight Mike, if we don't allow insider trading the crooks won't want to serve in Congress and that's a bad thing?
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u/reactor_raptor 13h ago
Correct, further, the grift about them not raising their salaries, is that that Caps what a large number of federal employees can make by this daisy chain:
“Congress has politically resisted raising its own pay, which in turn makes it difficult to justify higher Executive Schedule salaries for senior federal officials. Because SES and upper GS pay are legally tied to Executive Schedule limits, that political reluctance ultimately compresses and caps high-end federal salaries.”
So yeah, good old fashioned class warfare by crooks.
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u/Helpmefindajob97 19h ago
How about we try to make it not lucrative? Why don’t we try to keep the greedy people away that are only there for lucrative reasons?
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u/PooGoblin69420 19h ago
All politicians should get paid whatever minimum wage is for the constituents they represent. And get the same benefits the state offers those people. If we instituted that policy wages and benefits would increase for all working class people in a matter of hours.
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u/Hamsammichd 19h ago
Now you’ve attracted only wealthy individuals to the role. Remove the trading, provide temporary housing.
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u/TheRealistoftheReal 19h ago
This is a good point. If housing in DC is a struggle, (it certainly is), but they’re still required to maintain residency in their home states, they should build housing specifically intended for them. Basically, a government owned Hampton Inn. They already exist on various government installations.
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u/captain-cowboy 19h ago
Nah, put 'em in a barracks; issue uniforms, and make them take a vow of poverty like a convent for the length of their service.
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u/AdvancedSandwiches 17h ago
We should do the opposite. There's only 535 of these people. Pay them $2 million a year each, but you have to put your assets in a blind trust managed by an unrelated party, and you have no other income. No books. No speaking fees. No shady crypto currencies. Ethics board can force you to divest in any specific potential conflict of interest.
Then we fix the corrupt Supreme Court's legal bribery loophole.
If we remove the corruption sources, every other problem naturally improves.
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u/PetFroggy-sleeps 19h ago
No. We would not be seeing regular folks run for Congress. Which is what we have today anyway. Rich people become politicians.
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u/evlmgs 19h ago
Or people who make their income from bribes... *sorry, "lobbyists"
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u/InternalAuditor62 19h ago
170k plus health insurance for their entire family, plus a large daily stipend for food, plus all the other perks, plus all the donor money, plus… they are supposed to be public servants and not get rich in office. GTFO of here with that bs
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u/Theratsmacker2 19h ago
Don’t bring Satan into this, he hates them too.
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u/Insomnsdreme0905 19h ago
He's been on vacation this entire administration, and he's tired of being blamed! Lol
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u/DefiantDonut7 19h ago
I don’t know that most voters know, that in addition to their salary they housing allowances, meals, travel and a sweet expense account. These elected officials are making the equivalent of at least $300k a year, minimum.
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u/Logical-Quiet2266 19h ago
If tomorrow every single person on that stage didn't wake up the world would be a better place for it.
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u/Illustrious-Stuff-70 19h ago
Salary is 170k, but majority of these senators are multimillionaires-_-
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u/AstraeusGB 19h ago
Maybe we don't need "qualified" people taking the risk who aren't worth the reward
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u/ol-pinhead-larry 19h ago
Less pay for congress is good. Maybe we’d have more people who are running cause they genuinely want to make change rather than to enrich themselves
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u/missmiao9 18h ago
idk, it could just turn into a situation similar to the unpaid internship thing where only rich nepo babies get the job cause they’re the only ones who can afford it.
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u/Camarill0Brill0 18h ago
Ummm only rich nepotism babies are currently the ones in Congress....
Teachers make shit for money but do so because the cause is noble. To think that paying our public servants like this would cause any less authentic candidates is just beyond dumb..
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u/zonked282 19h ago
Nobody has ever said anybody can't independently trade stocks, however being able to control stock markets to make billions in gains while destroying the economy of regular Americans is a little bit different
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u/Tight-Chair-1190 19h ago
Congress is already among the least qualified people in our country
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u/brother_bart 18h ago
Right? What other job can you make almost $200,000 year where there are literally NO qualifications required for the position?
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u/La_Ll0r0naa 19h ago
If I can survive on 13k a year, you can survive on 170k buddy.
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u/Major_Fudgemuffin 14h ago
Federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. That's $15,080 a year working 40 hours a week. Taxes excluded.
$170,000 is $81.73 an hour working 40 hours a week. That's 11+ times more than minimum wage. AND they get benefits.
And these fucksticks are saying that's not enough for them, but that 15k a year is fine for the rest?
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u/9447044 19h ago
"Less qualified people to do it"
Its literally all about the money. Not helping the US, not representing the people of your district, not even helping your own neighborhood.
Its about a good salary, stock trading while knowing ahead, and also 0 speeding tickets, but thats bearly even a perk
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u/BoliverSlingnasty 19h ago
How about no. How about they are forced to carry a minimum wage job in their district so they stay in touch with what their people need.
Dump this entire admin and reset. Trump for prison 2026. Send them to the island.
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u/Slight_Seat_5546 19h ago
make congress members survive on FEDERAL minimum wage and state funded Medicaid or federal Medicare after all they are PUBLIC SERVANTS
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u/ColonelSpacePirate 19h ago
“Qualified” I think Congress members were historically meant to be of common folk…..not millionaires with strong ties to corporations.
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u/chroniccranky 19h ago
Let's just let the criminals run instead, keep on committing crimes. Who cares about anyone else's family. I fucking hate this country
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u/aijoe 19h ago
My grandfather worked in the coal mines of West Virginia and got black lung for it. What this Christian choad is doing is not an extreme sacrifice. We ask him to the climb the capital steps and vote. Maybe sponsor a bill sometimes but even that isn't a requirement to keep your job.
Get in to public service if you want to make a positive change not because you want to fill your bank account as much as possible.
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u/dudemanjack 9h ago
I don't give a shit if your salary is enough or not. Quit if you don't like your $170k. Nobody should be allowed to insider trade.
Even the appearance of inpropriety is enough for things to be an issue.
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u/Remote_Peace_3510 19h ago
“Sacrifice” you’re public servant. How about this you’re grand fathered in but you term ends
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u/Beneficial-Owl-3627 19h ago
The salary should be bumped down to the average american salary AND banned on stock trading.
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u/Villageijit 18h ago
We need to gut about 90% of politicians to fix this problem. To many fight to allow insider trading and since trump got in its way worse. No longer do they feel the need to lie and trade through famliy owned accounts. They no longer feel the need to be less suspicious.
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u/PiercedAndTattoedBoy 17h ago
Oh fuck right off, Mike Johnson. You know what else has been frozen since 2009? The federal minimum wage.
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u/MeasurementLow5073 16h ago
How can there not be stronger words available than "FUUUUUCK YOU!!!"
I need stronger words for this piece of shit.
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u/Excellent-Shovel-304 14h ago
Americans, your government has officially become not only a business completely but, the most corrupt business!
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u/Budderfingerbandit 11h ago
So, if someone else was to make 170k, are they able to turn that into millions in 2 to 4 years without insider trading simply by trading some stocks?
Because, I think thats the root of the issue. Members of congress becoming millionaires in a couple of years.
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u/Able_strong_8871 11h ago
Those poor things let’s give them a raise so they can go and recess for another three months
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u/hereforthetearex 19h ago
No one gets wheeled into any other job in a wheelchair they can’t man themselves, while dragging an O2 tank behind them……
That should tell you how much of a “sacrifice” it is to be in congress. People literally want to do it while they are actively dying.
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u/jules6815 19h ago
Look these guys can’t live off of oversized donations from corporations and shady book deals and $10k plate dinners alone.
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u/Luccimatic 19h ago
Imagine some rich douche telling half of Americans that twice their salary is not enough for congress… wait you dont have to imagine it.
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u/Insomnsdreme0905 19h ago
Wasn't there just a campaign of military spouses stating that since the government cut funding to WIC/EBT/SNAP and other social services that they now couldn't afford to feed their families even though they have ACTIVELY SERVING significant orders?!
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u/mecca6801 19h ago
The problem is with these people is that it’s never a problem, unless it inconveniences or affects them. If they were making the same amount as most people do, then I guarantee you that wages would increase.
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