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minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·4 天前Meanwhile, Congress has raised their own pay multiple times since they raised the minimum wage back in 2009. Actually, looking into it, it seems that they gave themselves an automatic annual pay raise back in the ethics reforms act of 1989! Fucking assholes. https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/97-615.html “The automatic annual adjustment for Members of Congress is determined by a formula using a component of the Employment Cost Index (ECI),…” “…This adjustment formula was established by the Ethics Reform Act of 1989.”
Meanwhile, Congress has raised their own pay multiple times since they raised the minimum wage back in 2009.
Actually, looking into it, it seems that they gave themselves an automatic annual pay raise back in the ethics reforms act of 1989! Fucking assholes.
https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/97-615.html