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Most crows would blush under these circumstances but our congress-critters mull over when, rather than whether, they can `jack' their paychecks.
Nice work if you can get it: great benefits, but short for 'walkin' around' money? Well heck, just vote yourself a raise!
27th Amendment, US Constitution


While Hamilton (Fed. # 67) had their number way back when:
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/federalist

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In no other job can you give yourself a raise. That what makes people. Even union workers who get guaranteed contract pay hikes, have had to give a lot of it back to keep their jobs. This doesn't sit well with average folks who would love to be paid better and have to stretch every dollar they have to take care of their expenses and support their families. Our elite has no idea what life is like for most of their constituents.

("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")