Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
I find it funny some of you people want to compare elected government jobs to the private sector. Guess what? These aren't remotely comparable. The private sector will ALWAYS pay more and it should. If people are running for office for the money, well we're more screwed than I thought. Most of these people have come from the private sector and are rich already.
|
Fine, people can earn more money in the private sector, but they are comparable. People have the option of deciding where to work. So lets say you want all of our politicians to make $50-60k, which you seem to imply. What kind of candidates do you think that you would get? Next you plan on not letting them expense anything...which is really attractive as a selling point to get people interested in public service.
But, before we get too far into this stupidity let me ask you the million dollar question. If its so easy for so much money, why aren't you running and getting paid that?