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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•8 months agoIt definitely is a dumb emotional issue in the grand scheme of things, but I feel like I could get by on $194K per year if I were elected MP without being independently wealthy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•8 months agoI feel like to get competent people you have to pay something like they’d get in the wild. This is not me saying I think they’re competent though.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•8 months agoYeah this is a much better point. In theory you want people that are their top of their field to be in these positions.
It definitely is a dumb emotional issue in the grand scheme of things, but I feel like I could get by on $194K per year if I were elected MP without being independently wealthy.
I feel like to get competent people you have to pay something like they’d get in the wild. This is not me saying I think they’re competent though.
Yeah this is a much better point. In theory you want people that are their top of their field to be in these positions.