booja@booja.ca to Canada · 9 months agoPoll shows 4 in 5 Canadians oppose MP pay raisewww.taxpayer.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down16
arrow-up1190arrow-down1external-linkPoll shows 4 in 5 Canadians oppose MP pay raisewww.taxpayer.combooja@booja.ca to Canada · 9 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareSpaceCowboylinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·9 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_McMurraylinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·9 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-squareSpaceCowboylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 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.