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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Congress gets minimum wage

Only works in a country where politicians can't enrich themselves through heredity or graft. As it stands, the bulk of a Congressman's fortune accrues before (family/career) or after (lobbyist/book deals) they take high office.

[–] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, there is no perfect system when humans are involved. We'll either fuck it up or change our minds on what is perfect.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

A perfect system would necessarily be mutable. If we couldn't fuck it up, it wouldn't be perfect, just rigid and unforgiving.