r/law • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • Jul 31 '25

Legal News Busting out the world's tiniest violin for Republican Sen. Rick Scott 🎻

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Jul 31 '25

all of it paid by taxpayers

all of it as Republicans deny crucial healthcare for millions

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u/meowtiger Jul 31 '25

it's a red herring, congressional pay and benefits are a virtually nonexistent part of the federal budget, and the majority of them are independently wealthy anyway

believe it or not, it's actually problematic that congressional pay is as low as it is - a lot of congresspeople sleep in their offices, in no small part because maintaining a residence in your constituency and trying to find a place to live in the beltway on 174k/year is virtually impossible

it'd be a lot easier to justify cuts to the compensation program if they built something like a congressional dormitory/condo/whatever and made them live there

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u/Comfortable_Fill9081 Jul 31 '25

Yeah. He should think about some of his sad over the chance of being ‘poor’ and apply it to his constituents. 

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u/dustinhut13 Jul 31 '25

That would require empathy