Our city council members rock a fat $6K a year. With a $150 a month travel allowance! Nobody's taking that job without having significant outside income.

I was at a party one time where the lady that owns half of downtown was introducing a runner for city council. Watched Brian Spencer (rich architect) cut her a $1,000 check, on the spot, to get her ear. She won and you know she owed him a favor or two. For a measly $1,000 bucks. Anyway, Spencer was on the council two years later. Imagine that!

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Obviously that sucks, but there’s a world of difference between $6k and $200k, and I’m talking about Congress, not your city council or some HOA.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I would agree, but 1.5 times medium income is on the low end.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’d do it for minimum wage, and I’m not sure I’d trust anyone who wouldn’t.

[–] grindemup@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You are currently working as a politiian or running for office then, I presume?

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

My understanding was that being a member of Congress is extremely lucrative. I’m saying I would serve if it weren’t. I find its current state repugnant and overrun with parasites.

[–] grindemup@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Lol okay, so you expect others to do work for minimum wage which you would totally in theory do as well just not in reality. Gotcha.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

No. I expect people who want to get rich to get the fuck out of Congress.

[–] grindemup@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

That's a great expectation, and simultaneously provides no backing whatsoever to the poor logical reasoning that you.applked earlier.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

dbzer0.com, the instance of angry anarchists that don't care about practical solutions, lead by the admin that discourages voting

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

My proposal is pragmatic. If we offer a living wage (but nothing more) to serve in Congress, all the money-grubbers will fuck off back to the private sector, where these venal parasites belong.

Nothing of value will be lost, since the failure of our Congress is not for lack of esoteric expertise but an excess of depravity.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

An anarchist that discourages voting is like a vegan that encourages meat eating.

Emma Goldman has a few things to say about voting, and has better bonafide than yeahiknow3

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Your instance's admin is @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Here's what they've said:

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/14560631

"Disregard elections and take direct action."

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/17059322

"Don’t waste your time electioneering. It doesn’t work. Provenly. Put your effort in literally anything else that would improve your life except this shite. Take direct action. Organize your workplace. Feed the homeless. Whatever."

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/14347565

"Again, the point is that the vote legitimizes the voting system itself and all the effort expended in electioneering. You very assuredly cannot be doing both direct action and electioneering."

I still have to give credits to @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com for hosting the piracy community, kudos for that; but I just have to disagree with their political views regarding voting.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

what practical solution did they say they didn't care about?