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2x74,580 is 149,160 174,000 - 149,160 is 24,840 on top of twice the median 2022 census numbers.
Salaries havent changed in 20 years?
Can someone find how how many times their salaries did increase well beyond the rate of inflation?
How many years does the average rank and file member of the rank and file serve in office.
Also we are comparing a single persons salary to a household income, which shoud be taken into acount. How many households earning that 74,580 are doing it with a single income earner? If even half of those are not single individuals then compared to the average household income, the rank and file members of congress and the senate are effectively earning the equivalent of double their salary, or should be compared to other individuals earning less than $37,281 or approximately 17.92 per hour
Like most the problems in America, it's all about housing.
17.92 per hour is still higher than they are willing to let the minimum wage go