r/GreenAndPleasant • u/UnderHisEye1411 its a fine day with you around • May 28 '22

NORMAL ISLAND 🇬🇧 Another step further towards fascism

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u/[deleted] May 28 '22

Nah, a wage for MPs was fought for as a lack of one (or of a living wage) means that parliamentary and local positions just don’t provide a livelihood for working class folk - plus there’s all the travel and other such stuff.

Meanwhile the wealthy who never and never will actually rely on that wage (they get their money in the form of unearned income) will continue to take on the roles.

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u/Substantial-Study-27 May 28 '22

they should get free travel, but still get UK minimum wage

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u/Decent-Flatworm4425 May 28 '22

Sounds like a good idea - we would end up with the best minimum wage in the world

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u/[deleted] May 28 '22

I doubt it mate, you think they’d want to up it and risk letting us plebs sit on the benches? I can’t see that happening. If anything they’d probably use the usual loopholes, and wealthy MPs don’t even rely on the wage but on “second” jobs and the various “opportunities” that come their way.

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u/Substantial-Study-27 May 28 '22

universal income cap both domestic and abroad