This entirely obscure example, if anything, is the exception that proves the rule. Do you have an example that doesn't involve just 3e-6% of Americans, all of w

This entirely obscure example, if anything, is the exception that proves the rule. Do you have an example that doesn't involve just 3e-6% of Americans, all of whom are politicians or their aspirants/sycophants -- mostly contenders for worst people in America. Maybe something a little more relatable than the system of elite influence that undergirds the Capitol? The entire point of the argument is that transparency in pay creates incentive to argue your pay, and weakens the incentive to increase your output. Here, there is a strong, shared understanding that the compensation received is not the salary, and therefore one is not underpaid in a true sense. Pay transparency wouldn't tell you much about the actual value of the job. If instead, your congressional rep helped a lazy coworker get placed at an extremely selective top lobbying firm, but only helped you (the hard worker) to get placed with the manure farmers of America -- then you might suddenly feel that you were unfairly treated. Show me that level of transparency and I could change my mind.