Bottom Liners by Eric and Bill Teitelbaum for March 01, 2023

Of course they are.

With a GQP controlled house, I’m unsurprised.

Maybe their pay should be Reduced by the %-age of inflation they allow to occur on their watch.

Good thing they can only do it for the next Congress starting in 2025.

No need for a raise, insider stock trading is enough.

At least it addresses inflation unlike most of their “inflation fighing” measures.

In 1989, Congress realised that voting themselves pay raises would be bad optics so they passed a law that gave themselves automatic pay raises. Since then, their salaries have roughly doubled.

They receive good pay and benefits for doing a marginal job and providing sub standard results— sounds fair and reasonable.

All congress people should have salaries of at least $1,000,000 for two reasons. Maybe more qualified people might run for office. Maybe they would have less reason to steal money from the government.

This would not work in the private sector so why should they get to vote on this. Since there is a deficit they all deserve a cut in pay.

For doing what?

Actually they wrote the law so they automatically get the raise unless they vote against it Guess what they won’t cast that vote