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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by antitrust on Thursday July 11, 2013 @04:45PM (#6029109)
> Why aren't people going to vote themselves larger basic incomes every year?

Congress has that authority over their own salaries, and they haven't abused it.

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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by martingordon on Thursday July 11, 2013 @04:52PM (#6029162)
Technically, they do not. The 27th Amendment (submitted for ratification 1789; adopted in 1992) states that any changes to Congressional compensation doesn't take effect until after the next general election.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_to_the...

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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by dllthomas on Thursday July 11, 2013 @04:52PM (#6029154)
My understanding sit hat Congress has the authority over the salaries of the congress following the next election. If they abuse it too horribly, that's not going to include them.
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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by dllthomas on Saturday July 13, 2013 @12:33AM (#6036675)
Yes. Sit hat, Congress. Sit hat.
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