Paying representatives is totally worth it. Are you saying that we shouldn't pay even the current number of representatives, or benefit of representatives sharply decline as their numbers increase?
I am saying currently we have 600 reps making 150000 or something like that per year. Having 35000 at the same salary would just cost a little more. In addition 35000 is like a decent town. TO get anything done probably would need some elections to form a council that makes decisions.
The representatives will elect representatives. Problem solved!
While I think the parent was referring to how much a company would need to spend to buy off enough reps for their legislation, it is a valid point that increasing the current $100M or so we currently spend on these guys by 2 orders of magnitude would eat a lot of the national budget. Then again, it would also lower unemployment.