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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 10:44 AM
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4. Politician's pay should be based on an average of
the pay of his/her constituents. Might make them a little more aware of what their people are living on. The high rollers would distort the average but should help bring the issue of minimum wage front and center.
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  -What if politicians were paid proportionally to how well their states or districts were doing? Bicoastal  Nov-13-08 10:38 AM   #0 
  - If you add in earmarks and lobby money, that's no different than it is now.  Richardo   Nov-13-08 10:41 AM   #1 
  - As compared to a baseline, or as compared to that state/district four years prior?  Occam Bandage   Nov-13-08 10:42 AM   #2 
  - Politicians aren't in it for the paycheck  ben_meyers   Nov-13-08 10:43 AM   #3 
  - Politician's pay should be based on an average of  shraby   Nov-13-08 10:44 AM   #4 
  - Wouldn't this result in an explosion in earmarks and other pork? n/t  drm604   Nov-13-08 11:10 AM   #5 
  - I think it would be harder to get consensus  Liberal Gramma   Nov-13-08 11:27 AM   #6 
  - Would set states against one another, instead, tie the all to one national standard...  Sulawesi   Nov-13-08 11:51 AM   #7 
 

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