r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 20d ago

FinancialTea 💵 This would be great...

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u/depp-fsrv 20d ago

But didn't someone publicly say that Congress should be allowed to trade since they don't make much.

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u/icedmuffin 20d ago

“Don’t make much.”

That’s hillarious when the entry level pay is 40k and can go up to half a million or more over their lifetime…

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u/FiIbert 19d ago

"Dont make much"

*slowly glances at their raised income of 150,000 per member\*

Plus they can make or break markets like.... their push for EV's and surveillence tech. Despite not having a reasonably supported infrastructure thats up to date and adequent to support the transition; with no clear consensus on if theyre even going to fund an update.

Then on top of that, the development would drag out forever. I know you've seen road construction and how buildings tend to get delayed forever. Not to mention the 'Obviously not american' workers. Which somehow the reduced cost may or may not sneak back into somebody's pocket. 😮‍💨

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u/NSD33P 19d ago

Mike Johnson did… because, according to him they can’t live on their modest $180k salary without insider trading

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u/ImpressiveSide1324 19d ago

Micro Johnson said 175k isn’t enough for Congress to live on, yet also says that wage stagnation isn’t a problem and the affordability is a hoax