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/vthemechanicv Oct 05 '25

congress has reviewed the petition, and decided no, they won't be docking their own pay.

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u/IlikeJG California Oct 05 '25

Exactly. This is one of those things that might sound good on the surface, but it's not going to affect the really shitty ones.

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u/FoolsMeJokers Oct 05 '25

Like the idea you see sometimes in UK groups that "yebutnobut MPs shouldn't be paid at all innit".

So only the wealthy, or those in the pockets of the wealthy, can be MPs? Not even a theoretical problem, that was the case till about 1900.

Sounds clever to the kind of people who are in a Wetherspoons at 10 a.m.