A) There are no raises. You ran for office with a particular compensation noted. You are elected to one term. You can choose to run again, but it is a contracted service - you receive compensation for that service.
B) I’m good with higher compensation for a future congressional session. I’ll support it the day they eliminate all ‘retirement’ benefits. You don’t retire from congress, you fail to run or be elected to that office.
C) The compensation listed is the sum total of all compensation; no health benefits (they can buy it on the market), no housing allowances, no whatever else they’ve embezzled from the American people for a term position.
When they’re gripping and grinning before the voters, they always tell us they only want “to give back to the people”. So, let’s honor their wishes. No salaries at all. All expenses are to be itemized and approved by the GAO, with set amounts established for such expenditures. Their staffs are to be hired only for one term in the House or Senate holder’s office (not entrenched trough feeders who get all the perks and keep other qualified individuals from getting on the gravy train). No government retirements (they can contribute to a 401K like the working class who might be able to afford to establish one). They are to be on Obamacare. All travel and meals are to be economy class. No chauffeurs; no gyms and government hairstylists. They can pay for their own haircuts, or go without.