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Yet the significant majority of them can earn much more. "Isn't that high" is not with reference to the median, but with reference to their pre-existing career
by mjburgess 6y ago
Yet the significant majority of them can earn much more.
"Isn't that high" is not with reference to the median, but with reference to their pre-existing career prospects.
The salary of MPs is not sufficient, by a long way, to attract almost any one from other competing careers.
- Smaug123 6y agoThe fact that you could have a more highly paid job elsewhere does not excuse you from the responsibility to do your current job.
- ben_w 6y agoNo of course not, what it means is that people with the skills to do the job properly and who care about their responsibilities are looking elsewhere, and only those who feel drawn to power and those who can’t get better jobs are left. (I don’t have a solution, every option I’ve heard comes with downsides)