AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 16 hours agoDo you see what's going on yet?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1862
arrow-up1862imageDo you see what's going on yet?lemmy.worldAutistoMephisto@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 16 hours agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareselokichtli@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-26 hours agoThey probably want to avoid to tax themselves?
minus-squaremonotremata@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·43 minutes agoAccording to Wikipedia at least, there are no members of Congress who even have a net worth over $500 million: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_wealth let alone an annual income that high. So I think it’s that they’re beholden to their donors, as usual.
They probably want to avoid to tax themselves?
According to Wikipedia at least, there are no members of Congress who even have a net worth over $500 million: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_wealth let alone an annual income that high.
So I think it’s that they’re beholden to their donors, as usual.