This is what makes you such a joy to watch. You are an arrogant asswipe. You provide the confirmational bias that so many on the right need to think about the left as being simply ridiculous.
Gee Billy. Great critical thinking.
I've already talked in other threads about how we drive good people away from politics because of the way (you in particular) treat them. Why would anyone do that ?
Now, for the dollars we are talking about, I really have no issue with tacking 8K onto their salaries. Especially if it means we might attract better people that Nancy Pelosi, AOC or that crazy from Colorado (Bobert ?). So, again, you demonstrate your shallow, no critical thinking skills (are those really considered skills when you suck at them ?)
If we attract better people, then WE BENEFIT !!! I get that this flys a mile over your head. So it doesn't benefit only congressmen.