So, you've decided to promote our culturally acceptable stupidity --- to complain about lawmakers pay without a shred of thought or consideration.
Well, thank you. Your post is both highly ethical and informative.
Self-righteousness is such a pain to respond in the a#s to respond to.
This is a $2/hour raise...
Think about it in this context: Did you get a $2/hour raise this year?
How about countering lilylangtree's objection by explaining why you think six straight years of pay raises is a non-story?
Does the fact that Congress can simply vote to raise its salary not merit some scrutiny? I'd sure love to raise my own salary that way, and I'm sure I'd do so only from the purest motives and through completely objective analysis of my needs.
Actually, I misspoke in the previous paragraph. Congress doesn't even have to vote to get a pay raise. They must affirmatively vote to prevent an automatic pay raise.