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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 2 months ago

Do you strongly support a $15 per hour wage for CONGRESS?

Update:

It was good enough for President Trump (in fact he took NO salary at all), and perhaps if they VOLUNTEERED, they would be more willing to entertain TERM LIMITS

Just a wild thought.

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  • Anonymous
    2 months ago

    good idea - and vote them out

  • 2 months ago

    Good idea!

    Even better, let's lock them down for a few months without any pay! Like the rest of us.

  • 2 months ago

    Do you want to have to chose among minimum-wage workers to make our laws? Don't we have enough incompetents in congress already? Jewish space lasers? Really?

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 months ago

    No that would mean that we are paying then way too much.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 months ago

    I think if they were sincere about "serving" they should do it for a limited time free with payment for expenses and then go home and have someone else serve.  If we're paying them what they're worth, give them less the $15 per hour that they and every fast food worker on earth is NOT worth.  

  • 2 months ago

    Fact . minimum wage Texas 1971 $1.40 . Gas $.20 

                                       House 30K . 2020 330K 

    There was a time in the sixties if both worked minimum wage  was house buying  money . Minimum is now enough for one to rent a trailer in a trailer park .

     Won't matter in California as $15 is normal . It's $12 but most people i know make $14.50 to $15.50 . Still not enough in California though .

  • 2 months ago

    Anyone whoever suggests that Congress lives on 30K/yr just wants to punish lawmakers of all parties. This is simply ridiculous. 

  • Anonymous
    2 months ago

    Hell yes. Make those a*sholes, ALL of them, try living on the same wage as the rest of us.

    Watch how fast they agree to raise it.

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