What a nonsense idea. Good politicians will never exist if they have a median income imposed on them.
Do you think that qualified, capable people - doctors, lawyers, economists, engineers - are going to want to go into politics, and deal with all the pressure, attention and abuse for them and their families that comes with that, for a median income? The sort of people we should want to see more of in politics typically already take large pay cuts to become backbench MPs. We want more capable and intelligent people in politics, not fewer.
How is it peanuts for Truss when she spent 1 400+ pounds a flight on food per person?
The rich never cared for you. The richer a person gets, the more they exploit the working class. They will never care for you when your income doesn’t impact them (unless it’s positively as it does now, so they can profit off of you being your landlords etc).
Do you think that qualified, capable people - doctors, lawyers, economists, engineers
This is a fallacy. You’re thinking of jobs that earn a lot of money and supposing those people might be good at running a country but that’s not really how it works.
Someone who is a specialist in one area will have spent years studying that area but that doesn’t mean they know anything about other areas at all or have good judgement. For an MP you want more of an all rounder, someone who has general knowledge but is prepared to listen to experts along with their constituents. You want someone humble enough to realise when they don’t know enough and someone willing to find out.
What a nonsense idea. Good politicians will never exist if they have a median income imposed on them.
Do you think that qualified, capable people - doctors, lawyers, economists, engineers - are going to want to go into politics, and deal with all the pressure, attention and abuse for them and their families that comes with that, for a median income? The sort of people we should want to see more of in politics typically already take large pay cuts to become backbench MPs. We want more capable and intelligent people in politics, not fewer.
You pay peanuts and you get Truss.
How is it peanuts for Truss when she spent 1 400+ pounds a flight on food per person?
The rich never cared for you. The richer a person gets, the more they exploit the working class. They will never care for you when your income doesn’t impact them (unless it’s positively as it does now, so they can profit off of you being your landlords etc).
Greed dulls anyone’s wits.
This is a fallacy. You’re thinking of jobs that earn a lot of money and supposing those people might be good at running a country but that’s not really how it works.
Someone who is a specialist in one area will have spent years studying that area but that doesn’t mean they know anything about other areas at all or have good judgement. For an MP you want more of an all rounder, someone who has general knowledge but is prepared to listen to experts along with their constituents. You want someone humble enough to realise when they don’t know enough and someone willing to find out.