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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
It’s less about the value and more about what it represents symbolically. The let them eat cake story kinda thing. The indifference and entitlement and expectations and not even considering the spend is why it is a story.
Politicians should be paid way more so that we can attract way better candidates.
Lastly, every $1.3mm wasted adds up. If they want to just throw it away, can I have it? Does money even matter to any of these people or is the government just a blank cheque to go draw from and do whatever the #### you want?
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I don't think the best and brightest avoid politics because of the money. The pensions alone are very lucrative. It's a largely a despised profession that brings with it a high level of media scrutiny and toxic levels of partisanship. I could argue that upping the salaries would bring forth more greedy, power hungry people into politics for the wrong reasons.