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Originally Posted by teejay
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We are one of the lower donating countries in the world. It is something that is required as a UN member I do believe. (could be wrong)
Pay for politicans isnt all that high in reality. We give top end football players 500-600k a year to kick a piece of shit ball, yet the PM gets 280k?
Many politicans come from backgrounds where they could earn considerably more than they do as a member of parliament. Fairly sure Howard made twice as much in a year as a speaker than he did as PM.
Yes, they get the perks, but they are shaping (rightly or wrongly) the nation.
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All fair points TJ. In truth I dont disagree with anything you have said, just cant help having a rant.
I do think that they should at least limit politicians pay rises to once per year and that they should only receive the CPI increase like most others, instead of approving the usual 7% or so for themselves.