“There’s just a lot of people in this country that don’t want to work, period,” Rep. Virginia Foxx said during a hearing about people who work too much.
House Republicans held a hearing Wednesday throwing cold water on President Joe Biden’s plan to give more workers overtime protections.
Even though the hearing was about employees who work long hours, the GOP chair of the House Committee on Education & the Workforce took a moment to argue that too many Americans don’t want to work at all.
“There’s just a lot of people in this country that don’t want to work, period … and want other people to take care of them,” said Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.).
Tie their pay to the median income for their district. Give them a direct incentive to increase the quality of life for the people they represent.
They don’t make their money in salary. They make their money in investments, kickbacks, and donations.
Also, start prosecuting trading on insider knowledge on both sides of the aisle.
I mean, we would have to start by making it illegal.
Little column a, little column b. Just cuz they make more money from being a shill doesn’t mean their salary is peanuts. Anyway, as long as we’re gonna crack down on politicians, give them the same rules as athletes in the NCAA: can’t make money off your position or image or else you’re out. Fire anyone who gets money from anything other than their salary or mowing the lawn.
Yes, tie their salary to the median income of their district and tie their insurance to what’s offered in their district. Finally, have them fined student loans and medical bills that match the averages of their district. Same people who say no free lunch? Guess what, pay for all of your own meals, no gifts, no per diem, get our politicians off welfare. Bootstraps and all that.
It’s not that their salary is peanuts, it’s that their salary is peanuts compared to what they make on the side. More than half of them are millionaires, and none of them got that way on a government salary.
I’d clutch my pearls, but I can’t afford any… *Grips bedazzled medical bracelet*
Part of that reason is that campaigns are so expensive and take up so much time that anyone wanting to run for higher office has to quit their job and probably donate a lot of their own money to help fund it. It keeps lower-income people out of office.
One solution I could see would be a stipend for anyone who got enough signatures to be on a ballot. That would still require the candidate to spend significant amounts of time campaigning to get those signatures, but they could likely still hold a job while doing it.
In Spain having a seat in Congress or Senate means having part of the expenses of the campaign paid by the State. If you don’t spend too much and get enough seats you get all your money back.
I’d prefer not to add another layer of “you live in a poor area so you don’t get shit” to the pile.
The point is that poor areas would drag down the lawmaker’s salary, so they’d be encouraged to properly support those areas.
Do you think the median wage for the rural part of Alabama could afford a shoebox in Washington DC?
Theres only three ways that would play out
Option 1: Representatives from poorer districts are literally homeless and dressed in rags, what a great look.
Option 2: Said representatives sell their votes to mantain any semblance of a dignified quality of life
Option 3: Only the already wealthy can afford to be in government
I wasn’t confused about the point I just think it’s a bad idea that won’t work and ultimately boils down to “you represent poor people, so fuck you.”