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For what we pay congressman salary plus benefits
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2019 Apr 19, 10:23pm 1,522 views 4 comments
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cmdrda2leak
2019 Apr 20, 7:05am
cmdrda2leak
2019 Apr 20, 7:05am
There's a separate argument for paying members of congress extremely well, giving them a lifetime pension at the end of their term, but in exchange barring them from any other future employment. The idea is that it cuts down on corruption and prevents the representative->lobbyist career trajectory and associated incentives.
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REpro
2019 Apr 20, 10:47am
REpro
2019 Apr 20, 10:47am
Isn't the Trump idea of "draining the swamp" mean reducing the congressmen number of reelection, to avoid rooting into corruption addiction?
How many achievements we have in last two years (and beyond) in Congress, beside fighting for power, investigate, probes, suing, threatening, lying, subpoena, etc.