booja@booja.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 8 months agoPoll shows 4 in 5 Canadians oppose MP pay raisewww.taxpayer.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down15
arrow-up1185arrow-down1external-linkPoll shows 4 in 5 Canadians oppose MP pay raisewww.taxpayer.combooja@booja.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 8 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·8 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-squareJohn_McMurray@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·8 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-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 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.