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		Applejinx on July 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Drugmakers are ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ to halt... Why do you have to have ultimate power and oversight of an entire branch of government AND flit comfortably all over the world? Shouldn't ultimate power be its own reward? That and ten times the salary of most people…

JumpCrisscross on July 23, 2023 [–]

> Why do you have to have ultimate power and oversight of an entire branch of government AND flit comfortably all over the world?

I don't think SCOTUS judges need a multimillion-dollar salary. Just pointing out that low single-digit millions is well below the threshold past which spending becomes performative.

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