Mike Johnson thinks the Congressional salary is too low and he wants us to "have some sympathy."

[lazyb0y@mastodon.social]

@QasimRashid
not trying to destroy this great plan but
for which of those shall we consider this guy to have the adequate potential and skills?

[ericbono@social.vivaldi.net]

@QasimRashid

Stop eating avocado toast
Pull yourself up by the boot straps

[groxx@hachyderm.io]

@QasimRashid perhaps this would be solved if congressional pay was always equal to minimum wage. They can get overtime pay if they track their hours and actually do that much work. If they don't do enough for full time employment, then they don't get health insurance. No paid vacations.

That way, if they want better pay, they need to improve the lives of their constituents.

[nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social]

@QasimRashid They literally choose not to even work frequently. Literally. They go on vacations all the time, even during a crisis. They get legal bribes from large corporations and groups to influence their votes — and they don't even have to vote that way still, it's just a bribe for influence. (Yes I call lobbying a bribe because it literally is.) Some receive millions... And Republicans won't even do their jobs when they're *at* their jobs... Disallowing votes on even non-partisan things.

[nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social]

@lazyb0y @QasimRashid I wouldn't even trust him as a custodian. He'd just slack off and then blame someone else.

[thestonedonkey@beige.party]

@QasimRashid got some bad news on that learn to code.

[jeffreysmith@mastdn.social]

@QasimRashid

Fortunately, all of these Congressmen who support Mr. Trump will qualify for the 1.7 billion Traitors Fund which he has worked to embezzle from the Treasury by suing his own government.

[npars01@mstdn.social]

@QasimRashid

Remember who funds Mike Johnson; the most corrupt industry on the planet.

Konstantin Nikolaev—the Putin ally behind Mike Johnson campaign donation

The Russian oligarch gave money to the Republican's 2018 congressional campaign via a U.S-based company in which he owned a majority.

Newsweek (www.newsweek.com)

Fossil Fuel and Finance Donors Pour Millions Into House GOP War Chest

Speaker Mike Johnson’s record haul in Q1 was powered by big checks from billionaire donors—and a new donation from Peter Thiel.

Sludge (readsludge.com)

nytimes.com

(www.nytimes.com)

Just a moment...

(www.politico.com)

Mike Johnson Doesn’t Even Know He’s Canceling a $500 Million Investment in His Own District  | Climate Power

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Mike Johnson is so busy doing Donald Trump’s dirty work protecting tax breaks for billionaires that he’s ignoring the needs of his own constituents.

Climate Power (climatepower.us)

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(thehill.com)

Election denier, climate skeptic, anti-abortion: seven beliefs of new US House speaker Mike Johnson

The relatively little-known Louisiana Republican has been thrust into the spotlight and the attention has fallen on his extreme beliefs

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Climate Change Playbook: Deny the Science, Take the Funding

It took no time for Mike Johnson to establish a hefty carbon footprint as new Speaker of the House. In the first legislative act under his watch, his Republican majority last month passed an appropriations bill that seeks to gut many federal programs meant to fight climate change. The House bill

The Equation (blog.ucs.org)

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse aptly calls the GOP, the "Gas & Oil Party"

The only thing that GOP does is corruptly reward their donors with public taxpayer money

President Trump’s Handouts to Fossil Fuel Industry Will Cost Public $80 Billion Over Next Decade 

US taxpayers are facing double jeopardy thanks to a reckless and inhumane budget bill that hands billions of dollars to the oil and gas industry as it worsens the impact of climate change

The Equation (blog.ucs.org)

U.S. Spending Bill to Grant $40 Billion in Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Yale E360 (e360.yale.edu)

[nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social]

@groxx @QasimRashid Turns out that putting them in charge of their own pay wasn't actually the best way to make them work honestly huh? I never did understand that.

I agree though. The minimum wage is a really good metric. Even if they earned more, whatever they get should be in some way directly based on the minimum wage. (Like even if it's minimum + some percentage, they shouldn't be able to adjust the percentage, only the minimum.)

[nobookbanmom@mastodon.social]

@QasimRashid

Mike Johnson and the rest of MAGA congress people deserve a cut in pay for the malice, cruelty, and hatred demonstrated in bills they've passed or brought to a vote. Bills that the majority of we the people oppose. Any raises for House and Senate should be a ballot issue for voters to decide.

[jwz@mastodon.social]

@QasimRashid I wonder what the monthly cost is for that app that Mike Johnson uses to monitor his porn intake with his son. Maybe he could save some money by rawdogging that, too.

[gnometsunami@mastodon.social]

@QasimRashid Ive always thought that government salaries should be tied to minimum wage.

salaries = minimum wage * a multiplier.

Then they can lie about how they work 100x harder than every minimum wage worker in the country.

[spiritlady@mas.to]

@QasimRashid Trading on inside information is theft. Buying and selling stocks when you have information not known to other investors gives you an advantage others don’t have. You are literally stealing from honest investors who don’t have the info you have. We have an entire regulatory system in place to make sure people who have inside information cannot take advantage of it. Congress and other elected officials must be made to follow the same rules as any other insider.

[disorderlyf@todon.eu]

@QasimRashid "Learn to code"
I got some bad news on that front.

[barbramon1@mas.to]

@QasimRashid Didn't MAGA Mike's financial disclosure show that he had no bank account, no investments, no reportable assets? How does the poor thing manage on a salary of $223,500 per year? He also receives $110,000 for office expenses, and at least $1,000,000 for travel allowance.

[nikkileah@mendeddrum.org]

@QasimRashid I'd like to say "get a second job then" but I think they already have 3 or 4...

[cyberoutsider@infosec.exchange]

@QasimRashid I like when someone argues that politicians should be paid more to "ensure our leaders are the best and brightest"...

Does that mean politicians are saying the current crop (i.e themselves) aren't the best? Or are they just saying they'll stop being our politicians if they don't get a pay rise... in which case... don't tease us with such a good offer.

[ggmcbg@mstdn.plus]

@QasimRashid

That lazy goldbricking sonuvabitch has never had a single job a day in his dandy life.

Mike Johnson is a short-eyed creep telling me how to live?

Fuck you, Mike, you absolutely lazy godsucking freak.