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And so how do these members of congress pay for staffing, research, etc? with just 150K per year?
by tootallgavin 4y ago
And so how do these members of congress pay for staffing, research, etc? with just 150K per year?
- ziddoap 4y agoThrough your taxpaying dollars, just like every other government worker? >pay for [...] research Thanks for the laugh. They might read research, but they aren't personally funding it. You may wish to read up on the subject of government work, salaries, etc. before you go debating about it on the net. Most of this stuff is covered in early Civics classes, and as someone who presumably pays taxes, you might be interested in finding out where and how those dollars get distributed!
- tootallgavin 4y ago> They might read research, but they aren't personally funding it. might read, or have someone else tell them the important bits. This cost money either way > Through your taxpaying dollars, just like every other government worker? If this were the case, why are the politicians even trading stocks to begin with? if they wanted money why not be a private individual and then there would be no scrutiny on trading stocks.
- paulcole 4y agoIt’s called the Members’ Representational Allowance and is north of $1,000,000 per year. https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/RL30064.pdf https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/RL30064.pdf
- tootallgavin 4y agoI am sure we could find some Members who think this number inadequate. that number could fund about 8 people's salary per year, is that enough staff to do the job? I don't know
- paulcole 4y agoDid you mean to reply to me here? I was trying to clear up your confusion that staff (and other expenses) were paid out of a congresspersons $150,000 salary (which is also a bit higher than that btw).
- tootallgavin 4y agoI am not particularly confused about the salary though I see how my comment point to that. I am trying to assert that political machines require money. Taxpayer money is one avenue the stock market is another. I am also saying that the money allocated, by taxpayer money, may not be enough. One way to alleviate this tension is investing in the stock market. If I am not mistaken, if this ban passes, would they not also vote to increase their salaries? (I would think so, because a source of income was made illegal) So, to conclude, I don't want to give more money to politicians. Let them make money in the stock market and actually enforce the laws already in place that governs their trades.
- paulcole 4y ago> I am also saying that the money allocated, by taxpayer money, may not be enough What is this hunch based on, given that you didn't know they had another $1,000,000+ to spend?
- tootallgavin 4y ago> What is this hunch based on Politicians trade stocks
- paulcole 4y agoHomer: Aw, twenty dollars? I wanted a peanut! Homer's Brain: Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts. Homer: Explain how! Homer's Brain: Money can be exchanged for goods and services.
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- evan_ 4y agoThere's a body called the Congressional Research Service that puts together reports on anything and everything at the request of congresspeople: https://crsreports.congress.gov/ https://crsreports.congress.gov/ You can also read them, they're pretty comprehensive and exhaustively cited.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> And so how do these members of congress pay for staffing, research, etc? with just 150K per year? They don't. The $174k-193k (the latter for certain leadership positions) is their salary. They also have individual staff budgets, and there are shared services with their own budgets (CRE, CBO, etc.)
- jessaustin 4y ago"Research" comes from lobbyists, who don't charge money but have other expectations about compensation.