>congress still gets paid 130k for 9 months
top kek
and the people just sit back and take it
true, that was just their salary.
it's all a sick joke.
fuckers run campaigns on promises of changing laws and making new ones which is how we got stuck in this piece of shit prison planet when the only thing needed to be ran on is upholding the constitution.
they're all corrupt.
congress members were never meant to be full time jobs with full time careers.
http://www.archconuga.com/2013/10/29/career-politicians-versus-the-constitution/
>Although included in the Articles of Confederation, the Founders felt it unnecessary to mandate term limits for congressmen in the Constitution. They fully expected that congressmen would serve only six months, then return home to their professions. They were not meant to live off of what they made. Rather, they were meant to serve out of love for country.
>Since then, Congressional sessions have increased to eleven months and Congressional salaries have increased from $1,500 current dollars per annum on average to $174,000. As Congress has voted themselves higher salaries and Congressional session lengths have nearly doubled, Congressional approval ratings have plummeted to the lowest in history. All the while, Congress has maintained a 90 percent incumbency rate.