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Originally Posted by Rex E.
Exactly Finn....when are guys like Akin and our own folks here gonna call for these feckers to put their money where their mouth is and not only give back the million dollar pensions and the perks but also to draft legislation, or bettter yet an amendment, that states it's illegal for congress to vote on anything that could possibly help them financially (heathcare, raises, pensions, security....)
Show us you mean business and renounce all that wasteful gov't spending on Reps & Senators.
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Actually Rex the idea of paying people to be elected representatives was a progressive idea going way back into Early Modern European history, which American history is basically an extension of if you look at it. The concept is that a paid member of Parliament, or Congress, who can make a living wage is less susceptible to corruption. If you think about it if no one got paid for being in Congress only millionaires (Rotten Bourrough members of Parliament way back in English history) would have enough time and money to serve.
Well you can see their are no millionaires in Congress today
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have to agree though hugh pay raises do reek....