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This 1m/yr is nothing compared to the impact KA has. It's no longer just a site with videos; it is a huge e-learning platform that is widely used and integrated

This 1m/yr is nothing compared to the impact KA has. It's no longer just a site with videos; it is a huge e-learning platform that is widely used and integrated in schools across the world. Being the CEO of KA must be a lot of work and I think most people would agree is worthy of that level of compensation. Or to put it another way: the government is also a nonprofit organization, but it needs good workers to fulfill its goals and those workers should be fairly compensated. We wouldn't get anywhere if the government paid everyone minimum wage.

ipsum2 7y ago
No one gets in the government gets paid $800k, the highest paid salary is the president, at $400k.
- HatchedLake721 7y ago
  You forgot to add few million from lobbyists
- mschuster91 7y ago
  Add to that the extra income from illegal such as bribes or the income Trump's orgs like his hotels do, to the legal avenues after the term such as book deals, speaker fees, corporate board memberships, lobbyism deals... the president nominally gets 400k but in reality way, way more than that.
  - Aachen 7y ago
    But not out of the pockets of tax payers (or in Khan's case, donations). If people pay for Trump hotels, Trump speaking at their party, Trump endorsing their book, that's not the elected government's choice. Similarly, non-profit CEOs are free to have a hotel chain on the side, but I'm not sure it should come from donations that people gave to the platform. That said, compared to other ceo salaries I've seen in the USA... This isn't that ridiculous indeed, it gets much worse (and I'm talking only about non-profits).
- sumedh 7y ago
  Singapores ministers are paid good amount, lot of the high level positions make more than million dollars. If you want skilled people you need to pay a good amount.
- mythz 7y ago
  Who gets to fly around on a taxpayer funded private airplane and spends over 249 days on a golf course costing >130M, 1/2 of which is spent at his Mar-a-Lago resort, but that's totally fine because his salary is less than a Non Profits CEO. Trump doesn't care about salary because that's an irrelevant portion of the income generated from his presidency.
- bretpiatt 7y ago
  This is just wrong, here's a quick search and article from Orange County Register listing top paid government workers in California (Since Khan is in CA). He wouldn't even make the list. https://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/22/top-california-public-salaries-go-to-coaches-doctors/ https://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/22/top-california-public-...

ipsum2 7y ago

No one gets in the government gets paid $800k, the highest paid salary is the president, at $400k.

HatchedLake721 7y ago
You forgot to add few million from lobbyists
mschuster91 7y ago
Add to that the extra income from illegal such as bribes or the income Trump's orgs like his hotels do, to the legal avenues after the term such as book deals, speaker fees, corporate board memberships, lobbyism deals... the president nominally gets 400k but in reality way, way more than that.
- Aachen 7y ago
  But not out of the pockets of tax payers (or in Khan's case, donations). If people pay for Trump hotels, Trump speaking at their party, Trump endorsing their book, that's not the elected government's choice. Similarly, non-profit CEOs are free to have a hotel chain on the side, but I'm not sure it should come from donations that people gave to the platform. That said, compared to other ceo salaries I've seen in the USA... This isn't that ridiculous indeed, it gets much worse (and I'm talking only about non-profits).
sumedh 7y ago
Singapores ministers are paid good amount, lot of the high level positions make more than million dollars. If you want skilled people you need to pay a good amount.
mythz 7y ago
Who gets to fly around on a taxpayer funded private airplane and spends over 249 days on a golf course costing >130M, 1/2 of which is spent at his Mar-a-Lago resort, but that's totally fine because his salary is less than a Non Profits CEO. Trump doesn't care about salary because that's an irrelevant portion of the income generated from his presidency.
bretpiatt 7y ago
This is just wrong, here's a quick search and article from Orange County Register listing top paid government workers in California (Since Khan is in CA). He wouldn't even make the list. https://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/22/top-california-public-salaries-go-to-coaches-doctors/ https://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/22/top-california-public-...