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We need to raise MPs pay higher than that, and cover it via a hypothecated levy on UK firms and partners that is a percentage of what they pay their executives.
by neilwilson 4y ago
We need to raise MPs pay higher than that, and cover it via a hypothecated levy on UK firms and partners that is a percentage of what they pay their executives.
That way the more firms pay their top people, the more MPs get paid.
In exchange MPs should be barred from such jobs for a period after leaving office - golden handcuffs.
MPs are running the country. They should be paid more than a mere corporate executive.
- zimpenfish 4y ago> cover it via a hypothecated levy on UK firms and partners that is a percentage of what they pay their executives. That'll just lead to more executives being paid £1 pa and then getting the rest in stock / image rights / whatevers. It's like Sagan said - "To pay MPs more, first you must invent a functioning tax system." > In exchange MPs should be barred from such jobs for a period after leaving office Currently I believe they're barred from jobs in sectors where they've had any influence, decision making, etc. but as a quick glance at pretty much any Private Eye of the last decade will highlight, that means nothing. > MPs are running the country. They should be paid more than a mere corporate executive. If the first sentence were true, I'd (maybe) agree with the second. But the current bunch aren't running the country, they're chasing the right wing vote whilst feathering their own nests.