sanitation@lemmy.radio to politics @lemmy.world · 6 hours agoSenate unanimously advances resolution suspending senators’ pay during shutdownthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down11
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minus-squareimahappyguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·3 hours agoGentle reminder that the US pays ~$100M/yr to their congresspersons. What an insane waste of money.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoI mean between the House and the Senate you’re looking at upwards of 500 people, or ~$200k per person per year. That’s senior software developer money, which if anything is too low for the highest authority of the current global hegemon.
Gentle reminder that the US pays ~$100M/yr to their congresspersons. What an insane waste of money.
I mean between the House and the Senate you’re looking at upwards of 500 people, or ~$200k per person per year. That’s senior software developer money, which if anything is too low for the highest authority of the current global hegemon.