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One month, working a typical retail minimum wage job, only living off of your earnings. (This includes restricted access to credit, housing, etc.)
I honestly think if politicians had to live solely on the median income in the state or country they represent, we'd be seeing a lot more legislation that's in the interest of the working class. Or a lot more corruption and under-the-table dealings, but certainly one or the other.
Straight up, all state and federal politicians should be paid minimum wage by hour. The only way they get a raise is if everyone gets a raise.
This is how you get intense corruption
As opposed to the honest and pure politicians we have today...
I know you mean this well, but the solution for "bad" is not usually "worse"
In the same vein, better is not perfect. There are hundreds of things wrong with our political systems and no single thing will fix all of it. Getting paid more than could ever be reasonable does not stop these people from doing everything they can to get more so whether they get more money or less won't change the corruption you're taking about. That's a separate problem with separate answers.
We might have to agree to disagree here. I'm not even sure politicians are paid unreasonably well imo.
But I guess my main thing is that I don't believe perfection is attainable. All we can do is get close enough. We're definitely not there yet, but I think we gotta keep taking steps in the right direction
One month is not enough to really feel the overwhelming distress of living paycheck to paycheck kicking in.
That's not nearly long enough. Nine months may be.
While campaigning? (Once announced) This will shorten campaign cycles.
While campaigning, cycles shall not be amended.
Need this for the Fed chairman also and Secretary of the treasury also.