Think about who would want to be a representative for a minute. You have almost no authority or actual power, you spend most of the time begging people for money, you have to do exactly what those people tell you to do or you’re out of a job, you’re famous but nobody cares who you are, every mistake you make will be broadcast and recorded for historical purposes, and you have to work long, inconsistent hours, travel a lot, always dress nice and look kempt, and you don’t get paid very much unless you’re corrupt as shit.
So who wants that job?
Someone who has money already and wants what little prestige it comes with to stroke their ego.
Someone devoted to civil service who naively thinks it’s a good job without understanding how it works.
Someone who sees it as a step on the ladder to bigger things.
You kidding? They make $174,000 a year. That’s over 3x what I make and their work hours are probably around half of what I work in a year.
Yeah they work hours outside of that but as a teacher so do I so lol.
Like yeah there’s definitely not great parts about their job but let’s not pretend they’re underpaid and overworked. Let’s also not pretend they do the entirety of their job without other staff members.
Think about who would want to be a representative for a minute. You have almost no authority or actual power, you spend most of the time begging people for money, you have to do exactly what those people tell you to do or you’re out of a job, you’re famous but nobody cares who you are, every mistake you make will be broadcast and recorded for historical purposes, and you have to work long, inconsistent hours, travel a lot, always dress nice and look kempt, and you don’t get paid very much unless you’re corrupt as shit.
So who wants that job?
Someone who has money already and wants what little prestige it comes with to stroke their ego.
Someone devoted to civil service who naively thinks it’s a good job without understanding how it works.
Someone who sees it as a step on the ladder to bigger things.
Someone who is corrupt as shit.
You kidding? They make $174,000 a year. That’s over 3x what I make and their work hours are probably around half of what I work in a year. Yeah they work hours outside of that but as a teacher so do I so lol.
Like yeah there’s definitely not great parts about their job but let’s not pretend they’re underpaid and overworked. Let’s also not pretend they do the entirety of their job without other staff members.