Something to Say

After reading the Articles of Confederation a week or two ago, one idea that comes to me is why are our Senators and Congressmen paid uniformly through a body of the Federal Government? Utah Senators and Congressmen should be paid by their state and their benefits set and regulated perhaps by their State Legislature. Same thing with the State Legislators. Perhaps it would be best if their pay and benefits were established by and paid out from their own districts. So each level's benefits were set by and came from the level it serves. This way they might feel somewhat more beholden to their constituents and somewhat less to the Federal. It almost seems like a conflict of the idea of Balance of Power to have them set their own pay and be paid by a central (federal?) body.