The salaries of the representatives in our local and state governments should be no larger & be based on the overall average salary of the people who put them in office in each district. Therefore, all the rules & regulations that come out of congress wouldn't be perceived as based on who makes how much money, or who knows who, & in fact would help make the public more knowledgeable of their representative's & their interests.
You take everyone's salaries, including those of the very poor & rich, based upon a detailed published district differentiating chart compromised of unbiased IRS tax data, that explains to, us, that who in OUR elected government makes what for a salary. Salaries of those who produce & write bills should be published in one easily accessible place & website.