Members of Congress who are the only earner in their household & file jointly are in the group that received a stimulus check last time but will not receive a stimulus check this time
*I don’t know if members of Congress received stimulus payments; there are certain benefits, such as unemployment insurance, for which they are not eligible, so it’s possible they weren’t included. But they gross $174K per year, w for a household AGI would put them in that group
And bc I find this stuff interesting (even though 99% of people don’t), in inflation-adjusted dollars this is the least members of Congress have made* since the early 1950’s
*It’s even less when you consider that in earlier eras graft was commonplace & ethics rules were lax
*It’s even less when you consider that in earlier eras graft was commonplace & ethics rules were lax
So, members of Congress don’t receive stratospheric compensation (esp considering their travel & dual housing expenses). But they do pretty damn well; they’re not in the top 5% but almost certainly in the top 10%.* And over 10x the yearly earning of someone making minimum wage
*Many come to Congress wealthy. For some their congressional salary is pocket change
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