sanitation@lemmy.todayBanned from community to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 8 days agoMake Congress Earn Average American Wage.lemmy.todayimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down11cross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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minus-squareturdas@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoThe usual argument against this is that the less politicians earn, the easier they are to bribe.
minus-squareceenote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 days agoPoliticians will be happy to take bribes regardless of what they earn.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoAt least until campaign finance is fixed. Citizens United has fully instituted political bribery as a matter of course
minus-squarebinarytobis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoI’ll never get over how cheap it is to buy politicians. They make so much money, then they can be made to vote for a genocide for $3000.
minus-squareKrankenwagen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoIt’s not just about how much they get, it’s also about how much their opponents don’t get.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoI think it’s more to do with influence. They gain the favor of a large business with access to basically infinite money which gives them a whole lot more power behind them
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoAs an intermediate solution, you can define it as X times the median or the minimum legal wage, so they still have incentive to raise them.
The usual argument against this is that the less politicians earn, the easier they are to bribe.
Politicians will be happy to take bribes regardless of what they earn.
At least until campaign finance is fixed. Citizens United has fully instituted political bribery as a matter of course
I’ll never get over how cheap it is to buy politicians. They make so much money, then they can be made to vote for a genocide for $3000.
It’s not just about how much they get, it’s also about how much their opponents don’t get.
I think it’s more to do with influence. They gain the favor of a large business with access to basically infinite money which gives them a whole lot more power behind them
As an intermediate solution, you can define it as X times the median or the minimum legal wage, so they still have incentive to raise them.