A pair of progressive Democrats unveiled a bill on Tuesday that would raise the federal minimum wage to $25 per hour, considered the bare minimum a single adult needs to meet the cost of living in much of the US.
The Living Wage For All Act is the first bill to be introduced by the newly sworn-in Rep. Analilia Mejía (D-NJ), who won a special election earlier this month after helping to lead the fight for a $15 minimum wage in her home state of New Jersey.
It should be tied to congress’s salary. Every time they give themselves a pay rise, minimum wage increases proportionally. Also healthcare and pensions.
It’s cute you think a Congressperson makes money from their salary
They do make a salary and they often do vote to increase it. So their comment still makes sense.
Their other unethical to illegal money making strategies are irrelevant to what was said about minimum wage, but it’d be nice if we did something about all the insider trading and bribery
Congressional salary has been the same for the last 18 years.
Congress hasn’t had a raise since 2009.
Most of them are independently wealthy and/or get their money from insider trading instead.