We Don't Decide If We Get a Raise

Has an employer come to you and asked, "Do you deserve a raise?" and "How much should you get?"
It would be absurd for them to do so even though we would love for that to happen. Instead, our bosses decide how much of a raise we deserve and if we deserve a raise at all. If makes sense that way otherwise we would give ourselves as big of a raise as we wanted and businesses would have to charge outrages prices. In the end, the economy would collapse. So explain to me why lawmakers and government officials get to decide when they should make more money and how much they should make. They decide they are not making enough money so they pass a bill and attach a rider to increase what they are paid. And in the money has to come from somewhere so in the end we pay more in taxes. Tell me why this works for government and not for the rest of us.
I am not saying that people who run the government should not be paid a decent amount of money. Running a state or a country is no easy task and they deserve to be paid fairly. But how much they should be paid should be decided by the people they work for, the people who voted them into office. We should have to vote on weather or not their pay should increase based on if they deserve it. After all, the money comes from us. We pay their wages so we should decide if the people running the state or country deserve to be paid more. We are their bosses and we decide if they get hired or not. Why should it be their decision to increase their pay?

Are Unions to Blame

Way back when unions were first formed they were a good thing to have. They protected workers rights, fought for fair wages and benefits, and protected from dangerous working conditions. Now they seem to work to get workers the most wage for the least amount of work. I believe you should protect workers from unfair practice but when they prevent an employer from being able to fire an employee who should be fired, they have gone beyond protecting workers rights. I was taught by my grandparents that hard work and going above and beyond was the way to do things. Unfortunately a union stands for getting longer breaks and more time off. And we wonder why we are the fattest nation. I can see why automakers want to send our jobs overseas. We ask for so much money that it becomes too expensive to employ us and so our jobs are lost. I understand wanting to earn more more money but that money has to come from somewhere. Why do you think the cost of everything keeps going up. More money is demanded and in turn, costs rise and things get more expensive. In the end it all comes down to greed which is not only in unions but in every workplace and government office. We worship the almighty dollar and don't want to earn it but have it given to us instead.