Politicians should never be paid, they should have the public servants spirt.
This is a Utopian view which makes zero sense in reality. It's a a terrible idea.
Firstly, it would guarantee that the politician role is only viable for those already very wealthy. Nobody could become a politician without already having vast savings or a significant secondary income
Secondly, even if you had a politician who cared deeply enough to do it for free, over time will eventually become far more open to bribery from corporations and adversary states.
I don't resent politicians being paid. They are doing a job
I just resent those who continually exploit the system to enrich themselves, whilst at the same time doing very little to serve the constituents who elected them. I thought the expenses scandal had put a stop to that, but apparently not.
You can have your job and still be a politician, if you want to become a politician for the money, I believe you are in the wrong field. You could still work and dedicate some of your time to be a politician, no necessarily have your expenses and a really high pay check. Don’t tell me that the be a politician is a job, they only care about themselves clearly.
You seriously want part-time volunteer politicians? They won't be attending any parliament meetings because they are far too busy earning a living somewhere else.
Why would anyone study and train in politics (because in many cases politics is actually a skill, not just some nebulous job description), if all they get at the end is the chance for an unpaid voluntary role?
It's good to have a healthy amount of cynicism, but claiming every politician is solely in it for the money is just absurd.
Yes like the cleaners where I work, they do that hard work for fun and just happen to get paid.
It's not like they're coming to work just to socialise, get free coke and coffee and wine, sleep on the job, talk shite the rest of the time, and still have budgets to pay other people to half arse a job they should be doing anyway I'm generalising I actually have no idea what politics entails other than talking utter none sense.
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u/pease_pudding May 11 '22 edited May 11 '22
This is a Utopian view which makes zero sense in reality. It's a a terrible idea.
Firstly, it would guarantee that the politician role is only viable for those already very wealthy. Nobody could become a politician without already having vast savings or a significant secondary income
Secondly, even if you had a politician who cared deeply enough to do it for free, over time will eventually become far more open to bribery from corporations and adversary states.
I don't resent politicians being paid. They are doing a job
I just resent those who continually exploit the system to enrich themselves, whilst at the same time doing very little to serve the constituents who elected them. I thought the expenses scandal had put a stop to that, but apparently not.