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Pay all members of Congress 3 to 5 million a year

Posted on 10/12/25 at 9:08 am
Posted by Marquesa
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2020
1818 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 9:08 am
But add some stipulations.

- You must submit tax returns for thorough review by 3 independent agencies (or 3 tax focused Artificial Intellegences). These agencies would submit their findings simultaneously on a public server - with all personal information redacted. This would be for 5 years prior to taking office, while in office and 5 years after leaving office.
- The tax returns of your spouse, parents, children and extedned family would be given similar review, but less in depth. The goal would be to check for unusual movement of money, sudden gain in wealth. Any large anomolies would be made public.
- There would be no possibility of Presidential immunity for the politician if it is found he or she has committed a tax felony. Any time served would be in medium security Federal Penetentiary for the general public. No easy time.

The specifics here are no important. The principal is to pay 435 congressmen enough money that bribery is less likely - and they will value their paycheck and their position. You also want to prevent things like the decades long corruption of the Biden crime family. Any set of rules that would get us close to the goal of that has my vote.

Of course, we'll never have any such rules, even if 90% of the US voters agreed we should - apart from a revoluton to throw them all out and start all over.
This post was edited on 10/12/25 at 9:10 am
Posted by GregMaddux
LSU Fan
Member since Jun 2011
18591 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 9:11 am to
No. Do all that bs you mentioned with their current salaries tho.
Posted by texag7
College Station
Member since Apr 2014
40363 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 9:11 am to
Or just review their taxes publicly with what they make currently
Posted by TigerDeBaiter
Member since Dec 2010
10617 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 9:12 am to
This is what Singapore did with success.

You have to actively root out corruption or it spreads like cancer. Which is where we are right now. Why everything costs a fortune to get done
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
41533 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 9:18 am to
pay EVERYONE 3-5 million dollars a year and give away free Cybertrucks and PS5's too!


Fookin hell.
Posted by cadillacattack
the ATL
Member since May 2020
9408 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 9:21 am to
you could save a shite ton by just sending a few of the corrupt ones to jail ... serious jail

Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
134940 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 9:32 am to
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Do all that bs you mentioned with their current salaries tho.
You get what you pay for.

The reason we have a Congress comprised entirely of millionaires, and/or folks like AOC bought and paid for by special interests, is Congressional membership is unaffordable for folks otherwise.

Pro athletes, actors, hospital administrators, and Only Fans stars are paid millions. It costs a million plus to mount a campaign to get a $174,000/yr job that requires a second DC area residence?

The problems with that should be obvious.
Posted by PUB
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2017
20591 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 9:39 am to
How about nothing and send them all home. Worthless dregs on society.
Posted by tigertim
Tulsa, Ok
Member since Aug 2005
710 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 9:45 am to
Most of them already make this amount or more through stock trades and kickbacks with stipulations.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
134940 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 10:42 am to
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Most of them already make this amount or more through stock trades and kickbacks with stipulations.
Bingo!
The OP proposal would outlaw that
Posted by Adajax
Member since Nov 2015
8041 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 11:27 am to
Add term limits
Posted by Megasaurus
Member since Dec 2017
1306 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 11:38 am to
quote:

The principal is to pay 435 congressmen enough money that bribery is less likely - and they will value their paycheck and their position.


not possible.

The majority of these politicians are as corrupt as can be. How many of them were successful MD's, lawyers, etc. making far more $$ then they ever would make on a congressional salary yet here they are and are worth far more after taking a "paycut". They walk away from a successful life (in theory) and spend millions to make less money..AOC was a fricking bar maid now she's a multi-millionaire and FAR from being finished..same as the rest. The ONLY way to fix this is to get 1 term and that is all, that would also break up the team and force some form of doing what they were elected to do (they are all on the same team)
This post was edited on 10/12/25 at 11:40 am
Posted by Megasaurus
Member since Dec 2017
1306 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 11:42 am to
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Add term limits


1 term.
Those who actually are willing to serve would go in on day 1 understanding that they can play all the games they want or they can get to work, they are on the clock.

People have totally forgotten that elected officials are elected to serve the public, it's not the other way around. They work together to keep us divided because that is what keeps them together, all on the same team, and us as a society are too fricking stupid to see it and fix it
This post was edited on 10/12/25 at 11:45 am
Posted by sabanisarustedspoke
Member since Jan 2007
5537 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 12:47 pm to
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GregMaddux
No. Do all that bs you mentioned with their current salaries tho.


Exactly, this country was not formed for a young politiclass to get rich off of serving the public. The exact opposite, go and achieve. Get to a point where you can GIVE BACK to the country and lead. This change has come directly from the Democratic party and is killing our country.
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