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By law, public officials should be paid minimum wage.
by slackfan 4y ago
By law, public officials should be paid minimum wage.
- sesuximo 4y agoSeems like a recipe for unmotivated and low quality govt.
- soperj 4y agoOr a much higher minimum wage.
- agilob 4y agoSo nothing changes, but it's cheaper
- Eumenes 4y agoSounds like what we have currently in the US. I have a family member who is a manager for a state unemployment department ... She oversees like a dozen reps that help handle unemployment claims. She makes $70/hr with a fully paid for pension + benefits and like 4-5 weeks PTO. Recently had a friend get laid off and filing for unemployment. Their queues have like 5-6 hour waits and you can schedule a follow up ... like a week in advance.
- selimthegrim 4y agoSee my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35242252 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35242252
- Eumenes 4y agoSounds about right. I'm not sure what will ever change these agencies. Obviously paying them more won't, because they are very well compensated. Migrating systems/software? No, the government will pick Infosys or Cognizant, or some other nightmare consulting firm that'll charge $100 million per state. Imo, they need to be gutted from the top down.
- eloff 4y agoI’d rather not have a government run by the same quality people who barely manage to operate the local Burger King. The government is already bad enough.
- pjc50 4y agoSo you want the entire set of public services run through private contracting firms instead who take 10% off the top for directors and another 10% for shareholders?
- slackfan 4y agoNice strawman, but vs modern government bureaucracy that takes significantly more for middle management? Seems about the same, to be perfectly honest.