> Less money causes self-dealing behavior though. Because now there's widespread acceptance that the only way a $180k wage is worthwhile for our leadership clas

> Less money causes self-dealing behavior though. Because now there's widespread acceptance that the only way a $180k wage is worthwhile for our leadership class is if they take widespread bribes. I think you have cause and effect mixed up. These positions would come with millions of dollars per year in job perks even if they paid $10M cash per year. The perks come from the power, not the size of the paycheck. Making it bigger won’t reduce the financial value of the power they wield. Also, even if it would, $300k is not a lot of money. You’re off by at least one order of magnitude. For example, the CEO of Mozilla makes around $7M per year.