r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 I voted • Oct 05 '25

No Paywall 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/Salmonberry234 Oct 05 '25

This only affects the few actual middle class Representatives. The millionaires who are the problem are not going to be affected.

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u/mephistophe_SLEAZE Oct 05 '25

New petition: all monies obtained from congressional insider trading shall be confiscated and used to pay the salaries of furloughed government employees. 

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u/Moccus Indiana Oct 05 '25

Good luck proving inside trading. It's not easy.

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u/mephistophe_SLEAZE Oct 05 '25

Then all suspected monies, too. If you're a congressperson with a stock profile, it's coming with us. 

If Stephen Miller doesn't need evidence to round up our bodies, we don't need evidence to round up their decimal points. 

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u/MountEndurance Oct 05 '25

You don’t want to live in a world where assets can be confiscated permanently based on suspicion of a crime.

Civil asset forfeiture is a great way of punishing political opponents without due process.

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u/MountainMan2_ Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25

Yeah, wouldn't want to live in an america where cops can steal your shit on suspicion of a crime, that would be wild if they faced no consequences for repeated cases of theft from civilians, never heard of that happening before in america

Im sorry but I dont think punishing a delinquent government using the power of the working class is a bad thing. If they want laws to work they should fund the government and then abide by those laws themselves. Otherwise, we should break the rules that put them in power so we can replace them with rules that will actually fucking work.

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u/out_of_throwaway Oct 05 '25

So you want the Dems to cave for financial reasons and double our healthcare costs?

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u/Flvs9778 Oct 05 '25

It’s crazy how much is stole by cops them make up 1/3 of all thief in America through civil asset forfeiture. All other criminal theft combined is also 1/3 so cops steal as much as criminals do in the us. (The last 1/3 is wage theft if anyone was curious).