Congress routinely votes itself raises. Metaphorically, this is putting the Fox in charge of the Henhouse. It has long been governmental policy (if not in Statute) to grant life-time retirement benefits and five-star health benefits to elected officials from all three branches of the federal government.
It is the position of this petitioner that politics is NOT a career, nor should it be characterized as one. We as a nation should thank our elected officials for their service, and they should return to their former status as private citizens who re-enter their former careers.
This practice is clearly not what the Founding Fathers intended, and ceasing to do so would save the Treasury untold millions.