Our city council members rock a fat $6K a year. With a $150 a month travel allowance! Nobody’s taking that job without having significant outside income.
I was at a party one time where the lady that owns half of downtown was introducing a runner for city council. Watched Brian Spencer (rich architect) cut her a $1,000 check, on the spot, to get her ear. She won and you know she owed him a favor or two. For a measly $1,000 bucks. Anyway, Spencer was on the council two years later. Imagine that!
My understanding was that being a member of Congress is extremely lucrative. I’m saying I would serve if it weren’t. I find its current state repugnant and overrun with parasites.
My proposal is pragmatic. If we offer a living wage (but nothing more) to serve in Congress, all the money-grubbers will fuck off back to the private sector, where these venal parasites belong.
Nothing of value will be lost, since the failure of our Congress is not for lack of esoteric expertise but an excess of depravity.
If what keeps you from serving is money (in excess of a modest living wage), I don’t want you to serve. I want you to fuck off.
Our city council members rock a fat $6K a year. With a $150 a month travel allowance! Nobody’s taking that job without having significant outside income.
I was at a party one time where the lady that owns half of downtown was introducing a runner for city council. Watched Brian Spencer (rich architect) cut her a $1,000 check, on the spot, to get her ear. She won and you know she owed him a favor or two. For a measly $1,000 bucks. Anyway, Spencer was on the council two years later. Imagine that!
Obviously that sucks, but there’s a world of difference between $6k and $200k, and I’m talking about Congress, not your city council or some HOA.
I would agree, but 1.5 times medium income is on the low end.
I’d do it for minimum wage, and I’m not sure I’d trust anyone who wouldn’t.
You are currently working as a politiian or running for office then, I presume?
My understanding was that being a member of Congress is extremely lucrative. I’m saying I would serve if it weren’t. I find its current state repugnant and overrun with parasites.
Lol okay, so you expect others to do work for minimum wage which you would totally in theory do as well just not in reality. Gotcha.
No. I expect people who want to get rich to get the fuck out of Congress.
That’s a great expectation, and simultaneously provides no backing whatsoever to the poor logical reasoning that you.applked earlier.
dbzer0.com, the instance of angry anarchists that don’t care about practical solutions, lead by the admin that discourages voting
My proposal is pragmatic. If we offer a living wage (but nothing more) to serve in Congress, all the money-grubbers will fuck off back to the private sector, where these venal parasites belong.
Nothing of value will be lost, since the failure of our Congress is not for lack of esoteric expertise but an excess of depravity.
what practical solution did they say they didn’t care about?