[Farmer Dean]

Their offical paycheck is nothing compared to the money made by influence peddling,lobbyist kickbacks,bribes,gifts,etc.Most of them wouldn’t even notice the loss of the government check.

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

And that's why they don't give a rip about what WE THE PEOPLE think. They have all their bucks socked away and know that when they're done in govt, they'll get all kind of commitments for speaking tours, lobbying jobs, jobs in academia, you name it.

That's why they don't care. Who needs us or their congressional paychecks?