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  So quit.
context: She could step down if she's not enioying it >
  
  As much as I hate her, there is a point to be made here. 174k is a lot to the average person, but the people these politicians are regulating make millions and billions. The less members of Congress make in comparison, the more easily they are bought. >
  
  
  
  174k is a lot to the average person
  
  
  Once upon a time that used to be our representatives. Average people, working part time in Washington DC. Not paid career employees of our business elite. >
  
  This has literally never been true.  The vast majority of congress dating back to pre-revolutionary war have been extremely wealthy for their times. >
  
  The revolution wasn't about freedom it was about rich guys not wanting to pay taxes. >
  
  It’s funny that so few people realize that. The colonies weren’t oppressed, they were asked to give less than many people back in the UK at the time >
  
  If you want an idea of how messed up our founding fathers were:  Pennsylvania made slavery illegal in 1780, and had an emancipation law which allowed the slaves of visitors to claim their freedom after six months’ residence in the state. To evade the statute, George Washington while serving as President in Philadelphia sent his slaves (technically his wife's families slaves) out of state every six months, instructing his secretary to move the slaves “in a way that will deceive both them and the public.” >
  
  Isn’t she now preaching fiscal responsibility? If anything her tax-payer funded salary should be cut in half >
  
  Fun fact: median household income is $65,030 in Georgia according to the census bureau. Her district is lower. >
  
  Great, she should get exactly the median of her district >
  
  This would actually be a great way to ensure you're focused on serving your constituents. Their life gets better, yours does too. >
  
  It should be the only income you're allowed to make, as well. >
  
  Sounds like a great way to get even more corruption >
  
  Wouldn't it be easy to see if they are spending more money than they make? >
  
  If every government official is underpaid, then you just bribe the next one to look the other way. If the only way government officials can make enough money is to be corrupt, then they will be corrupt. >
  
  It's almost like the wealthy and corrupt have been in charge of humanity since we figured out wealth. Funny. >
  
  There's a very simple solution.  She can quit congress and go back to her oh-so-profitable business. >
  
  What's her business? Yelling at a teenage Applebee's employee? >
  
  Thick neck model for company selling shirts with stretched head holes >
  
  She could work for Nintendo as a Goomba face model. >
  
  Have you tried making more money? >
  
  I heard McDonalds is hiring. >
  
  So what you're saying is...you won't seek re-election? >
  
  The election part is the most significant thing in that statement. I know she meant it in a woe is me kind of way but they really do spend their whole term just working on re-election >
  
  The terms are too short and there are too few districts. They have no choice >
  
  Incumbents already have the edge simply by virtue of being the incumbent. This isn't realistic. 
  IDK I'd think it would be nice to actually show that you're getting the job done you were hired to do rather than spend the entire time just making a mess of things to keep your name in the headlines. >
  
  We could regulate the shit out of their campaigns, but we’re deep in the realm of hypotheticals discussing this stuff at all, it isn’t likely to change >
  
  I wonder what the full value of her compensation is: retirement, health care, per diem, travel, etc included. I have a feeling it's costing taxpayers closer to $300,000. >
  
  Don't forget the permanent pension she'll be eligible for in a few years (and can start collecting at 62). You know, while she votes to strip people of the social security they paid for. :/ >
  
  You do understand that the pension isn't a full pay for the rest of their life right?  They have to work 5 years to be vested and earn retirement pay of 1.7% of the annual salary per year for the first 20 years and 1% per year after 20.
  Meaning they would have to work for the federal government for 86 years to get 100% pay.
  I work for local government and I have a better pension than the federal pension. >
  
  They can't receive 100% pay, regardless of years worked, that's not how their plan works (it maxes at 80%). If you're going to be a pedant, at least be correct.
  The average annual congressional pension under their current (less generous) plan is 41K, or \~3.5K a month (starting at age 62). Average social security is \~1.8K a month. Maximum social security is 3.6K (starting at 67, but MJT is trying to push it to 70+).
  Someone getting the former trying to slash benefits for the latter because it's "too expensive" is worthy of scorn.
  I have no idea why you decided your personal pension was relevant to this conversation. It is not. >
  
  The house averages 174 day a year working. Dont forget everything that is written of to be paid by the taxpayers.                                                             Better get those bootstrap pullers out. >
  
  She’s quoted saying “It's turned into practically year-round”. Yeah, that’s a job. Getting almost $200k + insane benefits for an “almost year round” job is cushy as fuck. >
  
  A job where you have a whole staff of people to do all the hard work for you, no less >
  
  And hell, a bit of insider trading on the side. It's illegal, but apparently at least 80 Congresspeople are doing it anyway lol >
  
  It's not illegal for members of Congress. They made it illegal in 2013-ish when there was a big public outcry about it, then quietly dialed back the restrictions a year later when the outcry had died down.
  Source: I read it on Reddit so it's probably not true. Someone fact-check me please >
  
  A bit of additional reading says they actually NEVER made it illegal. The STOCK act you're referring to simply increased Congressperson's trade transparency. Said transparency was then gutted as you said.
  Truly absurd to let this be a thing. How can civilians (wrong word)  be disallowed when the people making the laws aren't? (This isn't a question as it adequately answers itself lol) >
  
  I don't know what she did before her current job of professional Congressional embarrassment, but I'm happy to chip in 5 bucks toward a train ticket for her to resign and return to her old job. >
  
  Pretty big construction group >
  
  nobody wants to work anymore
  /S >
  
  This is the same bitch who said to all her followers that AOC shouldn't be considered a DemSoc because the literal same salary and "lives in a building". >
  
  AOC is so entitled for wanting to live in a building instead of... out in the woods I guess? >
  
  "Socialism is when poor"
  
  Americans forever >
  
  Well, just how much is an anti semite, conspiracy mongering, facist supposed to get paid? >
  
  About three fiddy. In laser shekels. >
  
  Orbital laser shekels even!! >
  
  I honestly think she is overpaid as all she does is complain, lots of whining, defends Putin over our own government… Rinse Repeat. Ever damn day.. >
  
  Isn't that, like, every republican? >
  
  Touché >
  
  Personally I think all politicians salaries should be the average salary of their district >
  
  That is such a destructive thought and would completely lock out poorer districts from ever getting proper grassroots representation ever again. Members of congress require a living space in their home district and in D.C. their minimum cost of living is exceedingly high, especially for congressmen with families, for they will have to finance a home in their district and a DC rental at the same time. For new and not exceedingly wealthy congressmen, the price of living in this way is nearly impossible, for example AOC, who was as a junior rep serving tables at restaurants to make due. These people need time to legistlate and campaign when they arent actually in congress. What you want would essentially make a financial barrier that would keep any middle class or lower citizen from a poorer district from ever being elected, or even being able to uphold their responsabilites after getting elected (as though it could really get any harder from them as is). We want to keep these people from insider trading and financial exploitation sure, but by enforcing an income floor like that is just spiteful and ignorant, and would help perpetuate elite theory, the very thing you are likely angry about. >
  
  "I have people come up to me and say crazy things to me out of the blue in public places that they believe because they read it on the internet or saw it on some news show about me,"
  Yes I read it on the internet. Specifically your twitter page. >
  
  Lady, work like any customer service or retail job. You gotta deal with death threats because the place you work doesn't have enough plastic bowls in the right color, for like...1/10th of what you're earning. Oh, and if you don't respond with a smile, you're fired. N good luck speaking your crazy ass mind.
  Edit: Poor choice of words...MTG can hardly be defined as a 'lady' >
  
  It's frustrating that someone that stupid can make that much money, simply by being an ignorant bigot. 
  These people should be shunned and forced to crawl back under the rock they came from, but a large portion of our country has been brainwashed to believe the garbage she spews. >
  
  We should switch jobs. No takes backsies. >
  
  "Well git a better job, snowflake!" >
  
  She should hear what her legislature aides have to say who earn a quarter what she does. DC real estate is stupid expensive and it leads directly to corruption. 
  This week there was a story on WaPo about DC commercial real estate owners demanding that the DC mayor demand Biden force federal workers to RTO in order to prop up their rental incomes. One vulture mentioned converting an office building to residential apartments, and openly mentioned wanting to rent units out starting at $4,000 a month. To afford that you’d need to earn at least $120,000 a year and that was that landlords low end. >
  
  If I’m not mistaken, her district often ranks low in the country for cost of living and education. >
  
  You don't say -  low in education? >
  
  To shreds you say >
  
  Good pay for being a traitor >
  
  “I was told there would be coffers to plunder and riches to be had.” >
  
  That divorce must be hitting her hard. >
  
  I agree.
  She's overpaid. >
  
  Remember all those fines she got on purpose by refusing to wear a mask >
  
  you mean a Covid Muzzle? /s >
  
  I also complain that she’s getting 174k. >
  
  Somebody who wants to cut social security isn't happy with her salary? Get 2 more jobs then, use those bootstraps they're always babbling about. >
  
  Federal retirement has retired heavily on social security since they went to FERS in the early 1980's from CSRS. >
  
  r/leopardsatemyface >
  
  I'd complain about her getting $174K a year too.  I say we bill her for the damage she does. >
  
  174k is more than 32 years of wage for me. some people are... >
  
  You make $5,437.50 a year? >
  
  That's a very respectable yearly income for a hampster who loves other hamster. >
  
  Go work at Walmart bitch >
  
  My proposal is that she instead receives no salary and spends a lot of time in jail for sedition and insurrection. >
  
  Give her a teachers wage. >
  
  Lady.. I work for the government for 10 years.. thats my fault.. but I only made 31k in 2022. Get bent. >
  
  Maybe start making coffee at home? >
  
  If you don’t like your job then why don’t you just quit? That’s what they always say to fast food workers, no? >
  
  Well Marginal, you could quit and go back to whatever it was you were doing before you decided to befoul the halls of Congress since it gave you so much more money and free time. >
  
  I’m not sure this woman could run the front desk at my work. That pays $18/hour. >
  
  Being a member of congress was not meant to be a permanent job.
  Trey Gowdy, Jason Chaffets, Paul Ryan   ALL stepped down because they didn't really enjoy it. 
  Trey Gowdy said it was only like the 5th or 6th best job he ever had -- though on the whole he liked it. >
  
  Congressmen and women should make minimum wage and have all existing assets frozen while in office. And oh yeah no trading stocks >
  
  If they get paid less, they will be more open to bribes.
  Any real fix is almost guaranteed to be counter-intuitive, and may appear, at first, to be indirect. >
  
  Ah yes because they're not already being bribed. We should just pay them millions a year so no one can bribe them >
  
  Reps and senators always complain about having to keep two households. I have a solution for that. First, a constitutional convention to pass an amendment that states all representatives and senators must live in a dorm. Second, a Days Inn or equivalent near D.C. shall be purchased as said dorm. Double occupancy of one republican and one democrat shall be required in each room as often as possible. >
  
  I’ll take it I’d love to make that kind of money, I could actually buy a house then instead of live in my mother in law’s basement. She a dumb witch anyway >
  
  She's feeling the pinch now that ex-hubby has the biz. >
  
  If she doesn't want it, I'll take it. >
  
  Good, resign, idiot >
  
  Makes 3x median household income. Complains. So many of us would be great dictators and do the wrong thing for the greater good…