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In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle (theintercept.com)

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[–] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Positions need to pay competitive but not too much. Regular people need to be able to live off of elected positions. If it is too little, only the already rich would be able to afford to. If it's too high it will attract people in it for money. The most important part in my opinion is, citizen united. Get the ultra rich money out of politics. All money involved needs to be equal. Campaigning on equal terms, debates etc. Money is winning, money always attracts the worst. The hard part is to stop the agenda driven "news" organizations. They are doing crazy misinformation damage and Im not sure how to stop that. Maybe reinstate the fairness doctrine.

[–] JustinTheGM@ttrpg.network 2 points 4 days ago

Positions need to pay competitive but not too much.

I've always wondered how different things would be if Congressional pay was tied to the median income, calculated at each census.