Tie the minimum wage & SS to the percentage raise US Congress gets every YEAR!

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3. Republicans would happily accept that offer.

They have suspended raises for the past several years already while getting nothing in return.

All of these "punish congressmen" schemes are foolhardy.

Whether it's something like this, or denying them health benefits contingent on something or another.

The vast majority of congressmen are millionaires to whom these serve as moderate annoyances at worst, it only punishes the few of more modest means who actually rely on their government salary and benefits. It makes serving in Congress unaffordable to them.