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I'm not sure it would, it could be made voluntary too Isaac Send a noteboard - 10/04/2013 11:41:54 PM

IIRC the constitution only talks about it in two places, in the original where it just says they will be paid from the treasury with no specifics given, and in Amendment 27, which just forbids them from changing their pay till an election takes place. I'm pretty sure they could set it to be a billion dollars a piece effective 2014 if they wanted to, though of course they'd never survive a re-election bid, likely literally

Still it would be a hard one to object to, and at most I'd expect them to swap min wage for something like 'last fiscal year median household income' or such. Of course, they'd arguably be working for tips so we could pay them fed min wage for tips of $2.13 per hour too.

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President Obama and Defense Secretary Hagel take pay cuts to lessen impact of sequester moondog - 03/04/2013 09:47:45 PM 790 Views
Well, it's more of a CYA-against-bad-press symbolic gesture than an impressive one. Burr - 03/04/2013 10:15:40 PM 674 Views
considering that nobody in Congress is losing pay or their job, it's a good precedent IMHO moondog - 03/04/2013 10:43:45 PM 522 Views
The sequester was Obama's idea, so he should CYA. Anonymous2000 - 04/04/2013 12:16:59 AM 593 Views
The US economony only lost 3.1 percent between 2008 to 2009 Roland00 - 04/04/2013 03:55:05 AM 626 Views
We do need to cut, cut, cut... callandor1000 - 10/04/2013 03:38:45 PM 731 Views
I don't care about any quantities under a million Roland00 - 04/04/2013 03:40:25 AM 548 Views
the president can't pass a budget you know.... moondog - 04/04/2013 04:45:38 AM 577 Views
No, but he is required by law to submit one, and he has not. HyogaRott - 05/04/2013 06:10:24 PM 587 Views
good job getting your analysis from right wing media and pushing the lies they tell you moondog - 05/04/2013 07:04:05 PM 725 Views
good job on displaying more of your ignorance or willful blindness HyogaRott - 06/04/2013 03:34:27 PM 574 Views
quoting from the second article you linked..... moondog - 06/04/2013 04:23:48 PM 532 Views
*SIGH* HyogaRott - 07/04/2013 12:58:12 AM 625 Views
They need to cut hundreds of billions, not millions; and not over a fake 10 year period either. *NM* HyogaRott - 05/04/2013 06:13:37 PM 277 Views
yes, because everyone knows the way out of recession is to prevent job creation *NM* moondog - 05/04/2013 07:04:49 PM 292 Views
Federal spending can not create real, sustainable, job growth. *NM* HyogaRott - 06/04/2013 03:39:52 PM 310 Views
it doesn't have to, that's why they call it "stimulus" *NM* moondog - 06/04/2013 04:08:04 PM 301 Views
Yeah, and I can call your mama, your daddy, but it don't change who they are. *NM* HyogaRott - 07/04/2013 01:15:05 AM 281 Views
Yes we need to cut hundreds of billions of dollars Roland00 - 06/04/2013 03:17:01 AM 550 Views
Not really HyogaRott - 06/04/2013 03:54:56 PM 547 Views
as long as debt and/or deficit is less than GDP they are manageable moondog - 06/04/2013 04:30:42 PM 688 Views
Deficits HyogaRott - 07/04/2013 01:13:41 AM 546 Views
Deficits are a big deal with times are good Roland00 - 07/04/2013 03:40:36 AM 565 Views
Re: Not really Roland00 - 07/04/2013 03:29:59 AM 840 Views
You do know why we use 10 year time periods with cbo numbers right? *NM* Roland00 - 06/04/2013 03:17:41 AM 287 Views
Yeah, so they can claim a dime of imaginary savings is a dollar. *NM* HyogaRott - 06/04/2013 03:37:39 PM 275 Views
No anything past 10 years in projections are a joke. Roland00 - 07/04/2013 03:02:32 AM 613 Views
Anything past 1 year is a joke/lie becuase the next Congrees will do what it wants regardless. *NM* HyogaRott - 07/04/2013 03:08:39 PM 302 Views
Ya know, semi-tangent but I just had an amusing notion about elected official pay Isaac - 10/04/2013 07:12:56 PM 614 Views
it would require a constitutional amendment, but i think we could get it to pass.... *NM* moondog - 10/04/2013 11:24:26 PM 292 Views
I'm not sure it would, it could be made voluntary too Isaac - 10/04/2013 11:41:54 PM 585 Views
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