That’s because the process is to maintain their status quo, while minimim wage in the country has stayed at 7.25(15k/yr) and congressional pay at $175k/yr since 2009, only one of those has bipartisan support at getting changed despite immense public disapproval: businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-1740… . The logic stated that making more than 80% of the country with just their base salary (dont forget those benefits like healthcare and childcare that are too costly for regular folks) won’t attract qualified candidates. But please another no one talks about Biden’s good sides post, which usually feels like mistruths and sometimes outright lies. Like every month I hear about how many student loans Biden forgave, just they are never the ones he promised, usually were loans that were written-off long ago, and to be honest I don’t know any actual borrowers to receive relief, the only people I know who think that he did something were those who never had any loans.