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Congressional income should be set to increase/decrease proportional to median household income, rather than inflation.
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I would rather it be set to increase or decrease in an inverse relationship to our national debt.
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Maybe debt/GDP ratio. But debt isn't always bad. If it discourages them from fighting an recession...
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In a recessionary time frame, most corporations and public entities cut expenses such as bonuses, salary as a way to get through the downturn without having to fire employees. There is NO reason our elected representatives cannot do the same.
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To expand on my previous post, doing so would encourage them to use deficit spending in the most efficient manner possible (ie... most bang for each buck). Which is exactly what we want to see, rather than the reckless spending of the past decade and consistent deficit spending of the past five decades.
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In a recession, everyone cutting expenses is part of the macroeconomic problem that creates the recession. At the microeconomic level, yes, it's best for corporations to cut expenses. On the whole, it's bad. The government is the one entity capable of stepping in and fixing this.
I like it, however you have to actually get Congress to vote for that or put forward an Amendment on it. Love the 1984 speak in the poll... doubleplus not ungood.
In theory. unfortunately, corruption and dishonesty rule the day in government. Tragedy of the commons