• rigatti@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    For the love of god, increase it to something reasonable then implement yearly increases based on inflation so that I never have to hear about this again.

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      4 months ago

      This or tie it to the average government wage of a member of Congress, they get a raise and the people get a raise.

      • Fester@lemm.ee
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        4 months ago

        They would slash their own salaries to $7.25 or less and enjoy the usual net pay raises from their billionaire donors and stock increases as a reward for keeping it that way.

        And voters will cheer them on for being so selfless and suffering with the common man.