Politicians Pay Rises?

happybaboon · *by **happybaboon** on Fri 24/Dec/10 5:11pm*

It's a release of some anger, and it's not going to do any harm either. Unless they are going to give them a bigger raise out of spite over something I said on the internets. :baaa:

kona.stinky. · *by **kona.stinky.** on Fri 24/Dec/10 5:36pm*

1.4% pay increase is quite allot considering a backbench MP $134,000 a year after the pay increase, I don't really see why they need a pay increase... I'm sure the average person would be bloody happy with a annual salary that high, considering all you have to do is make bad decisions, be racist (But you only get away with being racist if you're Maori) and abuse the fact you can get free flights and the taxpayer pays for it. Sounds fun. :thumbsup:

dicks-naughty-account · *by **dicks-naughty-account** on Fri 24/Dec/10 5:49pm*

Yes. Theat is exactly what all politicians do, always. No exceptions.

kona.stinky. · *by **kona.stinky.** on Fri 24/Dec/10 5:55pm*

dicks-naughty-account wrote:Yes. Theat is exactly what all politicians do, always. No exceptions.

Have you not forgot I am king of generalizations?

wuffy · *by **wuffy** on Fri 24/Dec/10 6:02pm*

kona.stinky. wrote:
dicks-naughty-account wrote:Yes. Theat is exactly what all politicians do, always. No exceptions.

Have you not forgot I am king of generalizations?

6.5 day week sound good to you? 14 hour days? No down time at all? :thumbsup:

E Dogg Capizzle · *by **E Dogg Capizzle** on Fri 24/Dec/10 6:02pm*

FLATULENTFRIEND wrote:Pay peanuts = Get Monkeys

Paying high salaries doesn't guarantee you won't get monkeys. The management at Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley were paid obscene amounts to fuck over their respective institutions.

FLATULENTFRIEND · *by **FLATULENTFRIEND** on Fri 24/Dec/10 6:36pm*

happybaboon wrote:
FLATULENTFRIEND wrote:I don’t begrudge them. It takes a lot of effort to be even a back bencher, they work hard and if they were doing what they do in the private sector its likely they’d be paid more.

Sorry, but being an MP shouldn't be about the money at all. I expect the most effective MPs are those who don't care much about the money, but are there because they believe in what they are doing.

Like I said – for many of them if they were in the private sector they’d probably earn more so it more than likely that for many of them being an MP is not about the $ (much).

Wobbler · *by **Wobbler** on Fri 24/Dec/10 7:05pm*

kona.stinky. wrote:
dicks-naughty-account wrote:Yes. Theat is exactly what all politicians do, always. No exceptions.

Have you not forgot I am king of fucking idiots?

fixed that up for you chump

kona.stinky. · *by **kona.stinky.** on Fri 24/Dec/10 7:43pm*

Wobbler wrote:
kona.stinky. wrote:
dicks-naughty-account wrote:Yes. Theat is exactly what all politicians do, always. No exceptions.

Have you not forgot I am king of fucking idiots?

fixed that up for you chump

Thanks.

catmannz · *by **catmannz** on Sat 25/Dec/10 9:55am*

happybaboon wrote:
Sorry, but being an MP shouldn't be about the money at all. I expect the most effective MPs are those who don't care much about the money, but are there because they believe in what they are doing.

Also, catman, suuuuuure, what are the chances of them ever getting a pay CUT though? I seriously doubt, even if the economy is in worse shape, that they'll get a cut next time it's assessed or in fact ever. What they need to do is tie their salaries to an indicator of economic performance - such as the average wage. If they improve shit for the country = their pay goes upsies, but if they make giant booboos or spend the whole time pandering to their rich mates then pay goes waaaay down.

Actually they passed a law last year that does allow the RA to take the economic situation into account when considering MP salaries. That's why they didn't get a rise last year.

CrustyMTB · *by **CrustyMTB** on Sat 25/Dec/10 9:39pm*

E Dogg Capizzle wrote:
FLATULENTFRIEND wrote:Pay peanuts = Get Monkeys

Paying high salaries doesn't guarantee you won't get monkeys. The management at Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley were paid obscene amounts to fuck over their respective institutions.

Only chumps believe the pay peanuts line, most large company CEO's I've met are better at office politics and self promotion than actually running businesses...

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