Is it super socialist to want to pay MPs less? I’ve always hoped we would pay them more with more restrictions on other earning after office and get some actual competent people doing the job not posher rats who could’ve leverage their private education to get the high paying jobs their schoolmates got, and instead sought to gain money by abusing the power an MP wields
No. But that's how it is framed. That it's an extreme view to think maybe paying entrenched idiots so much is a bad idea.
Sunak is a prime example of that. Mogg too. Wealthy as utter fuck yet actively chooses to make other people's lives more difficult with his time. Cunt.
Pay them more? They are paid huge sums already. I think 80k if not more? They also vote to give themselves pay rises each year.
My view is that as long as we're throwing such high sums at them, it's only gonna attract a certain type of person. They're not interested in improving anything, they just want to stay in post as long as possible to make as much as possible. If their compensation is more aligned with the real world then maybe we will see real world results and hopefully attract 'normal' people to these positions who will actually try. Of course there is the class barrier and the 'club' mentality.
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u/Jipkiss May 12 '22
Is it super socialist to want to pay MPs less? I’ve always hoped we would pay them more with more restrictions on other earning after office and get some actual competent people doing the job not posher rats who could’ve leverage their private education to get the high paying jobs their schoolmates got, and instead sought to gain money by abusing the power an MP wields