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If you want the people who make the rules we must live by to be constrained by the median salary, then you're begging for them to be utterly incompetent people
by gnaritas99 4y ago
If you want the people who make the rules we must live by to be constrained by the median salary, then you're begging for them to be utterly incompetent people as anyone competent will not take such a low paying job when they can easily make far more on the market. Like it or not, labor is a market and you must pay competitively for the best, and you want the best in congress, not the median. 174k is low pay for top people, mid level execs in public companies make that; you have to do a lot better.
- ModernMech 4y agoSome of the best, most talented and hardworking people I know make less than $100k as teachers and community organizers. Conversely, some of the worst, most ruthless and uncaring people I know make a fortune as bankers and lobbyists. I’d much prefer the teachers and organizers be elected to Congress than the bankers and lobbyists.