Time for politicians to bite the bullet!

Judgement Day

Just came across this tonight - I knew our shower were overpaid but this takes the biscuit - don't forget to take into account our tiny population.

http://www.businessinsider.com/salary-politicians-europe-mps-2012-1?op=1

Is there anybody that believes that there wouldn't be takers for a TDs job if the salary was slashed to €50k? The old peanuts and monkeys adage has been proved to be bull****, so why not try something new. If it led to an exodus from the Dail it would be a worthwhile outcome in itself.

TanG411

Political threads are boooooooring.

Stay away from AH.

44leto

What is wrong with paying our politicians well, its a difficult job and carried a lot of responsibility. Remember we also have one of the best paid PS in Europe.

Biggins

Italy... WOW!

sgb

Judgement Day wrote: »

Just came across this tonight - I knew our shower were overpaid but this takes the biscuit - don't forget to take into account our tiny population.

http://www.businessinsider.com/salary-politicians-europe-mps-2012-1?op=1

The old peanuts and monkeys adage has been proved to be bull****,

Proved by who?

Ghost Buster

ThinksAmoral wrote: »

Political threads are boooooooring.

Stay away from AH.

Or you could stay away from thread topics that bore you. A whacky notion but give it a go.

BunShopVoyeur

Que?

Sindri

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TanG411

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Or you could stay away from thread topics that bore you. A whacky notion but give it a go.

I don't want an AH where every 2nd thread is political. I wanted to voice my opinion, we are Democratic.

AH politics is boooooring.

Judgement Day

sgb wrote: »

Proved by who?

Been asleep during the banking crisis have you or off-planet?

Mark200

I really don't see what our tiny population has to do with anything.

And they deserve more than 50k in my opinion. It's a thankless job, and I'd imagine most TDs (or at least the intelligent ones) would be on a lot more than that in the private sector. Also that scale is misleading because it doesn't take into account the average wage in the respective countries.

Hercule Poirot

Wouldn't read too much into it tbh. Also the minimum basic wage should be taken into account, the general cost of living, etc etc. As the article stands it's just a bunch of figures that have no correlation without the extra information needed.

Son Of A Vidic

Time for politicians to bite the bullet!


Actually I'd much prefer to see them take a bullet.

Judgement Day

Mark200 wrote: »

I really don't see what our tiny population has to do with anything.

And they deserve more than 50k in my opinion. It's a thankless job, and I'd imagine most TDs (or at least the intelligent ones) would be on a lot more than that in the private sector. Also that scale is misleading because it doesn't take into account the average wage in the respective countries.

How about living beyond our means - Charlie Haughey's catchcry - small country smaller salaries for the those at the top. I mean Enda earns more than Obama! Obama has the power at his finger tips to end life on the planet - although it could be argued that Enda and our present government have the power to end life in Ireland.

gurramok

Mark200 wrote: »

And they deserve more than 50k in my opinion.

Since when is serving your country dominated by a salary? I'd gladly serve my country for 50k, its the principle that counts rather than the Euro sign on my pay cheque.

Son Of A Vidic

Judgement Day wrote: »

How about living beyond our means - Charlie Haughey's catchcry - small country smaller salaries for the those at the top. I mean Enda earns more than Obama! Obama has the power at his finger tips to end life on the planet - although it could be argued that Enda and our present government have the power to end life in Ireland.

I nominate that for post of the week.:D


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