He's not alone: AOC and others have argued lawmakers should be paid more in order to protect against corruption and make the job more accessible.

He’s not alone: AOC and others have argued lawmakers should be paid more in order to protect against corruption and make the job more accessible.

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    If someone did a study on whether raising the minimum wage impacts people’s quality of life, raised it a penny, found that people were still in poverty, and said “we should give up on minimum wages,” would that convince you?

    Comparing someone who makes 6 figures to someone who makes minimum wage is insulting to the latter.

    Particularly since the former is responsible for keeping the latter’s wages stagnant while whining about how he’s not compensated enough for doing so.

    • aberrate_junior_beatnik@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      You’re right. The point I was making was that congressional members are like people with minimum wage. Your response is definitely not dodging my argument.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        The point I was making was that congressional members are like people with minimum wage.

        The point you were making is that congressturds aren’t rich enough and that we should just spam money at them and that will magically make them less corrupt. Bringing up minimum wage workers who haven’t seen a raise in decades in that context is utterly disgusting.