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Min wage in most states is so sad (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I wouldn't say it's so that they can't be bought, so much as so they don't have to be bought. It's part of the reason they haven't voted for a pay raise and so long. Their owners don't want them to have other options.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Lawmakers don't vote for their pay raises, they don't need to. The increases were made automatic in 1989. Even with the annual increases, their pay is nothing compared to what they can make from insider information and contributions from anonymous PACs. They can be bought, government salary just can't compete with dark money.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    That isn't quite accurate. Congress hasn't gotten a pay raise since 2009. Because they vote against giving themselves one.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    Ah, I'd read they didn't have to vote to get a pay raise. Didn't see that they had been actively voting against it. But who needs a raise when you know you'll get waaay more money from corps and special interest groups? Heck, they'll even write the bills they want passed for you, so you don't even have to work hard.

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