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   Partisan Night Slut :pns: (pns@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-May-2026 23:25:28 JST Partisan Night Slut :pns:

   Ahh the age old dilemma: pay politicians enough to attract new honest blood or pay them next to nothing for the privilege to serve.

   How about free-for-all, every man for himself Libertarianism? We don't need your stinking government.

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     Robert R. (iloveamericanews@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-May-2026 23:33:54 JST Robert R.

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     If you want to attract better employees, pay them more.

     Economics 101.

     $175K is way below market rate for the type of work Congress is doing.

     Senior government employees make quite a bit more than that. The US government employee pay scale goes up to $233K.

     Why should deep state bureaucrats make more money than the people's elected Congress?

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     Ambassador Plebeian A∴A∴☑️ ☑️ (electronwarrior@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-May-2026 23:36:53 JST Ambassador Plebeian A∴A∴☑️ ☑️

     Unlike Congress, we don't get to vote ourselves a raise.

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     Partisan Night Slut :pns: (pns@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-May-2026 23:38:24 JST Partisan Night Slut :pns:

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     @ILoveAmericaNews

     Things have not materially changed for the average American.

     You have to rah-rah the expense of foreign policy and bear it with a stalwart grimace.

     Rent's up. Housing's more expensive. Cars are stupidly expensive.

     The biggest culprit is inflation.

     Spending on the war does nothing to alleviate that.

     In effect any of the gains from cutting off EBT and deportations is offset by war-spending.

     Some Heeb rubbing his palms, "You have so much headroom now."

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     Robert R. (iloveamericanews@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-May-2026 23:48:59 JST Robert R.

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     Most of that is dubious at best, and none of it has anything to do with Congressional salaries.

     Last I saw, 3 million more American-born citizens have jobs than they did when Trump took office, and millions less foreigners are employed in America.

     I personally landed a position that pays more than twice as much as I have ever earned, and that position being available to me is the direct result of Trump's war on DEI.

     You're repeating alt-left talking points, and you're smarter than that.

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     Zeke (echoteecat@noauthority.social)'s status on Monday, 18-May-2026 00:17:55 JST Zeke

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     Or, pay them no money, require them to already be independently wealthy, and still win votes. And their independent wealth can't be consulting or charity, or somewhere that can be flooded with "definitely not lobbying" money.