that’s what I’m saying, quadruple or 10x their pay to increase the cost of them selling out for corruption but also make them wear 24/7 body cameras, maybe we can get the true patriots who are willing to sacrifice some privacy to do the good work and as a bonus shorter terms will just work themselves out naturally
Have everyone in govt making in excess of 2x poverty line be subject to a tax of 99% for all income exceeding the avg of 5 years of income before joining govt
You can be rich and join govt. You can live ok post-govt. But you sure as hell should not get rich off govt
It's called public service for a reason. Its a service. Not a career.
Either you have a sense of duty and are willing to sacrifice, or else go work on the private sector.
Doesn't this make it impossible for anybody not already rich to get into politics? You'd need a second job to support yourself. And second jobs are a problem not only for focus, but also as conduits for corruption
if you are not rich, what makes you so special to think you can be rich , after leaving the govt?
What has changed since the moment you joined, (nonrich), and now suddenly, you leave and you are hot stuff ?
You can still earn a living in govt, even nice money ( >$100k+ for senior jobs) the point is, that is your cap. Job security and duty come at a price. That price is not trading in insider govt connections.
You can live comfortably. You can have job security. But you cannot get rich off it. That is your "sacrifice" if you want to call it that.
And to be clear, because i realize my comment was not: You can have a really nice bump in earnings while in govt.
- For example, if you have an avg salary of 50k, then join govt, at make 100k, that bump is yours to keep just like everyone playing by the same rules. However, once you leave govt, your cap goes back to 50k . So either retire in govt or just go back to what your situation was.
As you may imagine, the complaint is never that public service pays "well" therefore the hypotetical is very unlikely to happen in the first place.
