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This should be coupled with a massive increase in salaries for politicians - a lot of people think they should be paid less because they do a poor job. I think
by joegibbs 3y ago
This should be coupled with a massive increase in salaries for politicians - a lot of people think they should be paid less because they do a poor job. I think it's the other way around - they do a poor job because they aren't paid enough.
Politicians are the most influential people in any given country. If the salary alone becomes a good incentive for people to go into politics, you'll get less ideologues, more people who would otherwise go into the private sector, less of a disconnect between their status and their wealth and less of an incentive to take corrupt deals, since they're already independently wealthy.
- iudqnolq 3y agoYou'll also get less rich representatives. Right now the salary is insufficient to support a single person living comfortably reasonably near the workplace. Lots of them have roommates. And you'll notice the reps who say things like "if we can't work we should voluntarily suspend our salary" are the ones with significant other revenue sources.
- jen20 3y agoThe salary of politicians should be tied to the median wage of the country at some multiple. Align their incentives with those who have to live with them.