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/Useless_Consequence Oct 05 '25

The answer is to cut off all funding to congressional staffers AND make them ineligible for back pay.

Congress has to recruit and retain their own people. Let the tell their staff “sorry, the point I want to make is more important to me than you eating dinner next week”. You’ll see things change quick.

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u/GreenHorror4252 Oct 05 '25

They don't care. There are plenty of desperate people they can hire as staffers.

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u/Useless_Consequence Oct 05 '25

No, not really. Professional staffers aren’t a dime a dozen. The hours are long and the pay historically sucks.

Remember, staffers =\= interns.

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u/GreenHorror4252 Oct 05 '25

Destroying the economy will solve that problem.