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If that's the case, then expect spending to go through the roof.

Nothing a Republican Congress likes more than spending money their party's President can take credit for.
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I agree with this and your earlier post about gridlock.

I have a STRONGLY Libertarian friend who claims to actually calculate his vote to establish or maintain Gridlock. Seriously:

• In a midterm he votes for Congressional Rep and Senator of the party opposite the President.
• In a Presidential year he determines which he thinks is the most likely thing to happen then votes for the opposite party in all races. Ie, if he thinks Democratic control of the HoR is inevitable then he votes straight-ticket R to balance that off. Conversely, if he thinks the Republican will win the Presidency, he votes straight-ticket D to balance that off.

well I vote we don't even pay the Senators and take all their pay and give it to the troops. and their illegally obtained insider traded stock portfolios as well.

This kind of thing gets kicked around a lot but it is, at best, a feel good idea that would have no impact.

I read a suggestion once that what we should actually do is to massively increase HoR and Senate pay because:

• As a % of the budget it is so insignificant that it makes no material difference, and
• As a practical matter, they are pretty clearly underpaid. Senators and Reps currently get $174K/yr. Members of Boards of Directors of Corporations have far less responsibility and frequently make more, often a LOT more, sometimes an order of magnitude more.
• Reps trying to live (and commute to DC) and campaign, etc on $174k are naturally more susceptible to bribery than they would be if we paid them an order of magnitude more.

well he's kinda right. in spirit.

Trump hasn't really been a massive boon to the Republicans. That red wave never materialized in 2022 and they've tended to lose more elections than they've won since he's been in the picture.

He doesn't care about actual ideas, just nitpicking and shitting on my posts.  See Pepsi vs Dr Pepper.

That's actually an excellent idea. Make it worthwhile to go into public service.

That's actually an excellent idea. Make it worthwhile to go into public service.

One thing that strongly impacts this that I don't know is whether and to what extent Senators and Representatives get reimbursed for travel and expenses associated with maintaining a second residence in DC.

That would be a massive expense unless you happened to be from a VERY local district in Maryland or Virginia. Also, you are legally required to maintain a residence in your home State. 

I don't think "BoD members" is a very good comparison. It's quite common for people to sit on boards of multiple companies. Being a member of a BoD isn't exactly a 9-5, 48 week/year job, as I understand it typically. 

I think "high-level executive" is a more apt comparison, because when you start getting to C-suite executives at large companies, they're making a hell of a lot more than our elected officials. 

I don't think "BoD members" is a very good comparison. It's quite common for people to sit on boards of multiple companies. Being a member of a BoD isn't exactly a 9-5, 48 week/year job, as I understand it typically.

I think "high-level executive" is a more apt comparison, because when you start getting to C-suite executives at large companies, they're making a hell of a lot more than our elected officials.

Yes indeed. A lot of incentive pay.