3volver@lemmy.world to General Discussion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoDoes this plan make sense? v3lemmy.worldimagemessage-square432fedilinkarrow-up1727arrow-down186
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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months ago Congress gets minimum wage Only works in a country where politicians can’t enrich themselves through heredity or graft. As it stands, the bulk of a Congressman’s fortune accrues before (family/career) or after (lobbyist/book deals) they take high office.
minus-squareDAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoUnfortunately, there is no perfect system when humans are involved. We’ll either fuck it up or change our minds on what is perfect.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoA perfect system would necessarily be mutable. If we couldn’t fuck it up, it wouldn’t be perfect, just rigid and unforgiving.
Only works in a country where politicians can’t enrich themselves through heredity or graft. As it stands, the bulk of a Congressman’s fortune accrues before (family/career) or after (lobbyist/book deals) they take high office.
Unfortunately, there is no perfect system when humans are involved. We’ll either fuck it up or change our minds on what is perfect.
A perfect system would necessarily be mutable. If we couldn’t fuck it up, it wouldn’t be perfect, just rigid and unforgiving.