Post by Rook on Oct 7, 2011 7:49:30 GMT -5
No one forces you to buy a Coca Cola or a new pair of shoes. Businesses have to convince you to give them you’re money, and their reward for being more convincing, or providing a more convincing product, is to do whatever they want with your money. The place where the spending of money needs to be closely monitored and controlled is in the government. Tax payer money is mandated. Taxes are not optional in America and thus the money people should be worried about is not Wall Street’s but Washington DC’s. Which brings me to the topic of this debate: what sort of regulation and control should be in place in regards to the money politicians receive for their services? I realize there is no currency in Uantir at the moment, so we’re not trying to create a pay chart. I’m attempting to create an ideology to work as a guideline.
My opinion: Government jobs should be tied directly to the strength of the economy. Even CEOs of companies don’t continue to draw the same salary when the company is in a slump. If they did that they’d run out of money for operating costs and the business would collapse. Likewise there’s no sense in paying politicians the same amount even when people are poor and can’t afford as many taxes. That leads to complacency. There’s no incentive to improve the economy from a selfish economic point of view. Now tie their pay directly to the median household income and their incentive to establish a stronger country becomes an issue of personal affluence. When the people grow poor, so do the politicians. To gain a pay raise the politician has to ensure that every one of their constituents is earning more and are more successful. Thoughts?
My opinion: Government jobs should be tied directly to the strength of the economy. Even CEOs of companies don’t continue to draw the same salary when the company is in a slump. If they did that they’d run out of money for operating costs and the business would collapse. Likewise there’s no sense in paying politicians the same amount even when people are poor and can’t afford as many taxes. That leads to complacency. There’s no incentive to improve the economy from a selfish economic point of view. Now tie their pay directly to the median household income and their incentive to establish a stronger country becomes an issue of personal affluence. When the people grow poor, so do the politicians. To gain a pay raise the politician has to ensure that every one of their constituents is earning more and are more successful. Thoughts?
