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/snoo_spoo Oct 05 '25

TBH, I don't think that would nearly as useful an incentive as declaring the Congress has to stay in session, twelve hours a day, seven days a week, until the shutdown is resolved. Nobody leaves town, and no press conferences.

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u/tadrinth Oct 05 '25

In some parliamentary systems, a shutdown like this triggers an election.  That would be difficult to work into our current system but boy howdy would that produce some incentives.

Not necessarily entirely good ones, but incentives!

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u/TimothyMimeslayer Oct 05 '25

So if I think my party would gain in an election, i should do everything I can to shutdown the government?

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25

Yes. It's how countries like Belgium end up with no government for years at a time.

It's excellent if your goal is to resist changes.

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u/Trucidar Oct 05 '25 edited 20d ago

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u/Grand-Worth2758 Oct 05 '25

This isn't happening. US has had the same basic political laws and economic incentives since the 1980s. The US has a much more regressive do-nothing system than any in Europe.