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From: hummingbird on 16 Jul 2010 15:55 MP?s pay should be increased to at least £250,000 per year. I want the very best leading our country NOT these idiots currently in charge. This is why the best and brightest work in the private sector for more money. The private sector pays well to let people like me take very early retirement :-) -hb- (the REAL hummingbird) -- "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident" (Arthur Schopenhauer)
From: Nicodemus on 16 Jul 2010 16:50 hummingbird <hummingbird(a)127.0.0.1> wrote in news:MPG.26aac968fc7beb7b9897a7(a)news.astraweb.com: > MP?s pay should be increased to at least �250,000 per year. I want the > very best leading our country NOT these idiots currently in charge. > > This is why the best and brightest work in the private sector for more > money. The private sector pays well to let people like me take very > early retirement :-) > > > -hb- > (the REAL hummingbird) Only a serpent could say that
From: Joe on 16 Jul 2010 17:02 On 16/07/10 20:55, hummingbird wrote: > MP?s pay should be increased to at least �250,000 per year. I want the > very best leading our country NOT these idiots currently in charge. > > This is why the best and brightest work in the private sector for more > money. The private sector pays well to let people like me take very early > retirement :-) > > So why do you assume that paying large amounts of (other people's) money will get the best people to run a country, rather than the best people at acquiring money for themselves? You will know perfectly well that at that level of pay, career advancement is not dependent on merit. I'd rather have competent MPs than greedy ones. -- Joe
From: pete on 16 Jul 2010 18:09 On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:02:02 +0100, Joe wrote: > On 16/07/10 20:55, hummingbird wrote: >> MP?s pay should be increased to at least £250,000 per year. I want the >> very best leading our country NOT these idiots currently in charge. >> >> This is why the best and brightest work in the private sector for more >> money. The private sector pays well to let people like me take very early >> retirement :-) >> >> > > So why do you assume that paying large amounts of (other people's) money > will get the best people to run a country, rather than the best people > at acquiring money for themselves? For one thing, if they are well paid they are less likely to be corrupt, since the amounts needed to make effective bribes would be very high. It also incentivises incumbent MPs to do the right thing (e.g. not get mixed up in dodgy deals, have affairs or mislead people), so they wouldn't lose their seats. It's also wise to have wealthy MPs as they are then less dependent on getting high paid "consultants" jobs when they leave. The best way to get those is to call in favours for sympathetic decisions they took when in power, which might not have been in the public interest. Alternative and cheaper ways to keep MPs in line would be to shoot them if they transgress - but then we'd need a new lot evcery year or two :-) > > You will know perfectly well that at that level of pay, career > advancement is not dependent on merit. I'd rather have competent MPs > than greedy ones. > -- www.thisreallyismyhost.99k.org/page2.php
From: Joe on 16 Jul 2010 19:08
On 16/07/10 23:09, pete wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:02:02 +0100, Joe wrote: >> On 16/07/10 20:55, hummingbird wrote: >>> MP?s pay should be increased to at least £250,000 per year. I want the >>> very best leading our country NOT these idiots currently in charge. >>> >>> This is why the best and brightest work in the private sector for more >>> money. The private sector pays well to let people like me take very early >>> retirement :-) >>> >>> >> >> So why do you assume that paying large amounts of (other people's) money >> will get the best people to run a country, rather than the best people >> at acquiring money for themselves? > > For one thing, if they are well paid they are less likely to be > corrupt, since the amounts needed to make effective bribes would > be very high. It also incentivises incumbent MPs to do the > right thing (e.g. not get mixed up in dodgy deals, have affairs > or mislead people), so they wouldn't lose their seats. > It's also wise to have wealthy MPs as they are then less dependent > on getting high paid "consultants" jobs when they leave. The > best way to get those is to call in favours for sympathetic > decisions they took when in power, which might not have been in > the public interest. > Alternative and cheaper ways to keep MPs in line would be > to shoot them if they transgress - but then we'd need a new > lot evcery year or two :-) > I don't see a problem with that... -- Joe |