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You'd have to pay politicians and police a lot more then.
by gpvos 2y ago
You'd have to pay politicians and police a lot more then.
- andy_ppp 2y agoMaybe you’d just get better people becoming politicians, ones that couldn’t be corrupted?
- moffkalast 2y agoThose people don't want to be politicians.
- squarefoot 2y agoThis. We should never give power to those who are after it; the mere desire for power is a good clue that said power will be abused. Maybe not always, but it's often the case. Now, how do we vote someone who doesn't run for a seat? Heh, good question!
- Teever 2y agoYou make the job more appealing to those kinds of people. I think one of the ways to do that is to make the job less appealing to the people who currently hold it.
- moffkalast 2y agoI think the hitchhiker's guide solution is not the worst, don't even tell them that they're doing the job and just take whatever they say and implement it.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoNobody that actually wants the job is fit by definition.
- hulitu 2y agoOh, come on. Police, ok, but politicians ?
- noworld 2y agoThe corrupted politicians by and large have the money already and have it through things like rent and capital gains, not salary. Paying more as a salary enables more average people to leave their current jobs to take part in politics.
- rcxdude 2y agoLower-level local politicians are probably the main issue. They're often paid so little it's effectively only a career option for the already-wealthy. And when that's the path towards the high-level, reasonably paid positions, it biases your pool a lot. (Not unlike industries with an expectation of a long period of unpaid internships in high cost-of-living areas)