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	Name:	copperline -
	Subject:	Copperline
	Date:	1/1/2013 3:33:35 PM

It's a puzzle to me whether we should pay Congressmen enough money to be relatively free from personal financial pressures (and hopefully less inclined to get in bed with special interests).. or whether we should keep their pay low and count on them to sacrifice for the privilege of serving the public interest .... counting on this to attract statesmen rather than politicians to public office.

I think we agree that Congress is not in touch with some of the same economic realities the rest of us are, and it would be better if they were. The way they make their money, the retirement & healthcare plans they have, their ability to step back & forth between govt service & private industry, and their susceptibility to all sorts of powerful influences hoping to shape their leadership.... that's a pretty different set of circumstances from the rest of us.

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