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Originally Posted by robertthebard Don't they get enough perks? You know, I tried to vote myself a payraise at my last job, and got laughed at. What other job can you think of where you can decide you're not making enough money from your pork programs and write yourself a bigger paycheck. Granted this has been a while, but that's on hell of a perk. Note that I don't care if it's Republican or Democrat doing it. Middle of the road politics, and it's not one side of the aisle or the other that's guilty. It's all of 'em.

The deal is even sweeter than that, Robert. Several years ago, the Congress and Senate voted in automatic payraises each year. The only way the do NOT get a pay raise is if they actively vote against the annual raise.

This allows politicians to truthfully say "I never voted for a single pay raise" while still benefitting from guaranteed pay raises each year.