The Twenty Seventh Amendment

"No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened."

This amendment makes it so Senators and Representatives cannot give themselves a pay raise in the same year of Congress that they work in.  If they do give themselves a pay raise and the people are unhappy with that then they must answer to them; this was a way of checks and balances.  

This is an image showing the difference in income between the working class and the people who work in Congress.  Seems really ridiculous no?!?

This is a comic demonstrating how it seems that many sacrifice when the economy is going through a troubling time, but how that doesn't seem to affect Congressmen or people of the High Upper Class.