vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 days agoHouse speaker starts August recess early to avoid Jeffrey Epstein voteswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1561arrow-down13
arrow-up1558arrow-down1external-linkHouse speaker starts August recess early to avoid Jeffrey Epstein voteswww.cnbc.comvegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareCalipherJones@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 days agoWhy do they get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars while at the same time skipping entire months worth of work?
minus-squaresome_designer_dude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoBecause Americans let them. That’s why they get away with anything: they have nothing to fear.
minus-squaredeejay4am@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 days agoThey go back to their districts and work there for most of it. Supposed to keep them informed about the will of the people. I’m sure most just vacation the whole time but some might still give a shit, I dunno
minus-squareultranaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoMost of them spend a huge amount of their time fundraising whether congress is in session or not.
minus-squareAngryRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoJn whatever country replaces the US, we need to have publicly funded elections. We have to get the money out of politics. Eliminate PACs while we’re at it.
minus-squarekingofras@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 days agoDoesn’t matter if you don’t completely decouple and depoliticise the judiciary. Otherwise, over time, you’ll be back here again.
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoI’d like to see them have a similar health care system as the rest of us, for starters.
minus-squareCalipherJones@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoHard to see what isn’t there.
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoBecause they decide their own wages and their job is not representing the population, but the ownership class.
Why do they get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars while at the same time skipping entire months worth of work?
Because Americans let them. That’s why they get away with anything: they have nothing to fear.
They go back to their districts and work there for most of it. Supposed to keep them informed about the will of the people.
I’m sure most just vacation the whole time but some might still give a shit, I dunno
Most of them spend a huge amount of their time fundraising whether congress is in session or not.
Jn whatever country replaces the US, we need to have publicly funded elections. We have to get the money out of politics. Eliminate PACs while we’re at it.
Doesn’t matter if you don’t completely decouple and depoliticise the judiciary. Otherwise, over time, you’ll be back here again.
I’d like to see them have a similar health care system as the rest of us, for starters.
Hard to see what isn’t there.
Because they decide their own wages and their job is not representing the population, but the ownership class.