It is maddening to see politicians getting rich while in public office. There needs to be a limit to the wealth one can gain by becoming a life-long politician. Let's put that limit at $20K a year. Most Americans do it. All politicians should too. Don't let the public servants talk you out of this by going on about the hardships they would face and how "unreasonable" this measure would be. This is appropriate considering the financial mess they've gotten this nation into. When employees do wrong employers take action.
Once the National Debt is reduced to 0, we'll discuss a raise then.