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Re:House Democrats to propose ban on lawmaker stock trading ... by kelnos on Thursday July 28, 2022 @07:28PM (#32271305)
Another commenter here claimed that in Singapore, they pay 3x the national median salary. Singapore is not my cup of tea government-wise, but they are viewed as one of the least corrupt governments in the world.

Certainly that's not solely due to how they are paid, but I'm sure it factors in.

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Re:House Democrats to propose ban on lawmaker stock trading ... by brianwawok on Friday July 29, 2022 @12:40PM (#32279129)
Median salary in the US is 67k.

3 of that is a rounding error from what our reps are currently paid.

Not sure what that argument is going?

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Re:House Democrats to propose ban on lawmaker stock trading ... by dragonwriter on Friday July 29, 2022 @12:46PM (#32279190)
> Median salary in the US is 67k.

No, it's not. Median household income is about $67k. Median salary (or, at least “median annual earnings for workers who worked full time”) is about $56k.

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Re:House Democrats to propose ban on lawmaker stock trading ... by brianwawok on Friday July 29, 2022 @03:33PM (#32280916)
Ok, does not change my post in any way.
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