A pay decrease would only make things worse. It wouldn’t affect the worst offenders and would make it harder for someone like AOC to join from a more modest background. Making the pay higher makes it easier for working class people to rely on the pay (especially since you might need a place in DC and your home state). If you keep the pay low, only the richest people with external sources of income can afford to stay in
Y’all should be getting a pay decrease, not a pay raise.
A pay decrease would only make things worse. It wouldn’t affect the worst offenders and would make it harder for someone like AOC to join from a more modest background. Making the pay higher makes it easier for working class people to rely on the pay (especially since you might need a place in DC and your home state). If you keep the pay low, only the richest people with external sources of income can afford to stay in