@booja@booja.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca • 3 months agoPoll shows 4 in 5 Canadians oppose MP pay raisewww.taxpayer.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down16
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minus-square@SpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilink7•3 months agoIt definitely is a dumb emotional issue in the grand scheme of things, but I feel like I could get by on $194K per year if I were elected MP without being independently wealthy.
minus-square@John_McMurray@lemmy.calinkfedilink4•3 months agoI feel like to get competent people you have to pay something like they’d get in the wild. This is not me saying I think they’re competent though.
minus-square@SpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilink0•3 months agoYeah this is a much better point. In theory you want people that are their top of their field to be in these positions.
It definitely is a dumb emotional issue in the grand scheme of things, but I feel like I could get by on $194K per year if I were elected MP without being independently wealthy.
I feel like to get competent people you have to pay something like they’d get in the wild. This is not me saying I think they’re competent though.
Yeah this is a much better point. In theory you want people that are their top of their field to be in these positions.