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Members of Congress still get paid during a government shutdown
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I think I'm ok with this. Before you lynch me, let me explain.
In the halls of Congress there are super rich, long-term, and likely lobby-fed members, and then there are those average people who ran on people-focused platforms and got elected locally. The first group are not going to be hurt by stopping a paycheck that is probably a rounding error in their actual net worth. And those individuals could use a shutdown and the knowledge that the opposition can't survive for too long without a paycheck to force capitulation. So, keep paying the opposition during a shutdown to remove some of the leverage the powerful elite have over those representing the people.
A lot of generalizations in there but that's where my head goes. Still shitty for the country and certainly for those who end up furlowed or worse, for sure. But at least the lawmakers holding out for reform aren't having their own destitution held over their heads.
meanwhile the military isn't getting paid which could be a feature i suppose
IMO you're right. The real issue is the amount of money some politicians get paid by lobbyists.