How can the correct wage for a politician be calculated?I mean we could just make them compete for the most favourable contract with anybody who would employ them as a politician, but that would result in zero politicians (which might be the real idea behind the argument).
I'm also confused by the 69% figure, because I thought they decided their wages themselves, by voting about it.
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Mon 18 Feb 2013, 16:14,
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I'm also confused by the 69% figure, because I thought they decided their wages themselves, by voting about it.
£65,738 -is a lot of money Plus all the perks and the pension - It is a lot of money. You can have a decent life on £65k. Plus they go off and get a REALLY decent job after and they've set up the old boys next work already.
That's more than the joint incomes most people on b3ta will have. All because we like to colour in.
The perks are the main gripe.
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Mon 18 Feb 2013, 16:25,
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That's more than the joint incomes most people on b3ta will have. All because we like to colour in.
The perks are the main gripe.
I think it works like this:Politicians are chosen by the public.
Politicians work for the public.
Politicians represent the public.
Therefore politicians are self-employed and are their own clients, and those clients determine their wages.
Edit: it seems IPSA set the pay level, since 2010. How they decide, I don't know. (That stuff about consulting "certain bodies" only seems to apply to expenses.)
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Mon 18 Feb 2013, 16:51,
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Politicians work for the public.
Politicians represent the public.
Therefore politicians are self-employed and are their own clients, and those clients determine their wages.
Edit: it seems IPSA set the pay level, since 2010. How they decide, I don't know. (That stuff about consulting "certain bodies" only seems to apply to expenses.)