He's not alone: AOC and others have argued lawmakers should be paid more in order to protect against corruption and make the job more accessible.

He’s not alone: AOC and others have argued lawmakers should be paid more in order to protect against corruption and make the job more accessible.

  • Alto@kbin.social
    181·
    1 year ago

    Or we could, yknow, actually prosecute the corrupt ones. Likely a pipedream, but there is another option besides overpay them or allow blatant corruption.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      1 year ago

      Likely a pipedream, but there is another option besides overpay them or allow blatant corruption.

      Yeah. We can do what we do now. Overpay them and allow blatant corruption.