Seems like paying them less wouldnt help with this. According to a study by Professor Emir Kamenica, along with colleagues from Columbia University, Princeton University, and DONG Energy, raising politicians salaries is unlikely to result in better governance. Anyways, I no longer think only raising the minimum wage is going to solve much by itself. Around 334 of the parish's 2,400 classified employees or roughly 14%earn less than $15 per hour, according to a presentation The Archer Group gave before the parish's Personnel Board in October. Should people be allowed to become millionaires? In addition, some politicians see politics as a family career or business because of the high amount of money you can get from it. I was overboard, since you don't have to be a victim just someone with a lot of motivation. The government needs to host a website where anyone registered to run for office can have a page that explains all of their proposals. A job which always carries considerable responsibility and often involves genuinely arduous duties. A pay raise may also be the reason for back pay. I'd like to see the data that supports your statement that politicians are smarter than janitors and wal-mart cashiers - what is your baseline? In the past politician have even gone without pay well i say they should stop spending our money on stupid unnecessary things like trips over seas. I do still think that my salary change would work though. Bribery occurs when someone bribes a government official to make a judgment in their favour. Create an account here on Off Topix. but, i do think the wages should be low cause i'm tired of getting raped in the ass with taxes. There will be more corruption if politicians are not getting paid for their work. In June, the parish hired The Archer Company,a South Carolina-based human resources consulting firm, to conduct a top-to-bottom review of its pay plan and determine the feasibility of raising its hourly minimum wage. There may be some people who say no, and that perhaps ends the conversation with them. National. A politician is someone who contributes to how the country is managed. I think it actually is counterproductive in many ways. Being a politician is indeed a tough job. Every American deserves the chance to build a better life for his or her family and raising the minimum wage will provide that opportunity. Sen. Tom Harkin, HELP Committee chairman, in a POLITICO op-ed on June 24, I think it is inflationary. It can also be unfair. all-in-all, i'd be president for free, as long as i get the chance to serve my fellow man and to try to make things better for all, not for the few As I recall the ancient Roman Consuls weren't paid. All politicians should be paid minimum wage. They should be paid the median american salary. In fact, according to the law, 18 USC 3056 the United States Secret Service is authorized to protect: The president and the vice president and their families, cabinet officials, White House chief of staff, and National Security Adviser. We must raise the minimum wage to a living wage - at least $15 an hour. I definitely do not think that the President needs to earn 300,000 per year for life and not have to pay for anything while in office or that Congress needs an automatic annual raise unless they specifically vote against it (how many people are going to do that?). Politicians get around this by going from office to office and from state to state. 2 thoughts on " Should politicians be paid less? (+1) 202-419-4372 | Media Inquiries. Evidently that premise has failed. But if the employee spends half their time being taught and half their time doing actual produ. They could find a similar level of power and control elsewhere while having more money. This just shows how, yes, people do good things all the time without lots of pay or gifts but even MORE people do good things if offered pay or gifts. Consider where we might be by now in terms of creating a fairer distribution of wealth and a more equal society. I can think of only one example of something that brought significant change almost overnight our public health services. As voters, we elect them to create the laws that all of us must follow, and as taxpayers, we trust them to spend part of our money in ways that benefit all of us. They do minimal work on purpose, they only ever fight for the people who pay them the most, they only do it for the paycheck and the pension, and they never feel any type of guilt about it. Maybe by finding ways to lower cost. Why do we want to make it harder for small employers to hire people? House Speaker John Boehner on Feb. 14, The bottom has fallen out of Americas wage floor. This petition starter stood up and took action. But it is also important to ensure that any one of those people can bring the interests of those workers as well as their own knowledge and experience into the system by which public policy is developed and decided. Since then, however, the labor market has changed considerably. Epic solution to corruption. It is not necessary to portray others as undeserving in order to enhance that case. Entering politics means putting your life in danger as well. WEEEEEE need your help. ON BOTH sides of the Atlantic politicians are warming to the idea that the lowest-paid can be helped by mandating higher wages. The problem is the immense funding they control, and feed into kickbacks for themselves. Minimum wage violations. If politicians wages were linked to the minimum wage, it would be 15 pound per hour by now. Politicians should be in office solely to serve the country and lead it for the betterment of the country, not for the betterment of themselves. . In other nations, a system with corruption and incompetence leads to poor public services. I do not see the connection or your logic with pedophiles. In 2009, the European Parliament implemented a flat-salary payment system, and all MEPs began to earn identical annual salaries of 90,000, equal the researchers note, "to 38.5% of a salary of a judge at the European Court of Justice." I cooked. Are you saying motivation for change comes only from injustice? But they shouldnt be allowed to become millionaires and govern society. Ghandi and Mother Theresa were shams. Half of our congresspeople are millionaires. If you go somewhere housing is cheap, minimum wage is less to reflect that. No conclusion final. This is a conditional yes. Answer (1 of 13): I get the premise. They do minimal work on purpose, they only ever fight for the people who pay them the most, they only do it for the paycheck and the pension, and they never feel any type of guilt about it. A Tory candidate has been filmed telling a hustings event that people with learning disabilities should be paid less than minimum wage as 'they don't understand money'. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. Yet the minimum wage is not enough to realistically live on in this country. The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, though many states have higher minimum wages. That is an interesting idea. Writer. (+1) 202-857-8562 | Fax But this basic American value no longer applies to millions of hardworking Americans because the real value of the federal minimum wage has been allowed to fall sharply over the years. Being a politician is a tough job that is why it also has a high level of security to ensure their safety well. If this is your first time checking out a debate, here are some quick tips to help get you started: I think everyone should be able to live off of the least paying jobs we have. Each pay grade has its own salary range, and employees get paid, in part, based on how long they've been employed. Will higher salaries for politicians mean we will get better governments. Most people will never see this kind of money over their entire lifetimes. There will be people who will not be in favour of the politicians intentions whether it is good or bad. This website uses cookies to ensure the best user experience. I think this would be a good way to make sure that people get into politics to make things change for the better. They should earn less than they currently do, but more than minimum wage. Our politicians are supposed to represent their constituents and, in aggregate, to represent society as a whole. All we have is the IQ test, which kind of sucks. Workers with disabilities can be paid less than minimum wage. Answer: It can be. About seven-in-ten adults in these places (69%) favor raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, compared with 59% of those living in places with a minimum wage of less than $12 an hour. Let's raise the minimum wage to a living wage! But, they are often times more smart than janitors and wal-mart cashiers. We all know that being a politician is a dangerous job. Lifelong campaigner for the restoration of Scotland's independence. It remains skewed in the same way today even if arguably not to the same extent and certainly not so brazenly. In addition, working as a politician you get almost everything for free. Tonight, lets declare that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty, and raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. President Barack Obama in the State of the Union on Feb. 12. It is not necessary to portray others as undeserving in order to enhance that case. Lastly, you have the problem of corruption. ESL Debates 2022 - All rights reserved. User content, unless source quoted, licensed under a. Reader. Leaving room for only rich people to become politicians. In 2010 an MPs salary was already over-generous at 65,738 but today it stands at an outrageous 81,932 and unlike nurses and health workers they dont pay for their travel costs or food consumption. Other than making minimum wage actually possible to live on, paying minimum wage would guarantee that politicians are in government not for the money, but because they are interested in sharing their ideas and making the country a better place, regardless of politics. Email Blake Paterson at bpaterson@theadvocate.com and follow him on Twitter @blakepater, Jefferson Parish Councilman Mark Spears this week called it shameful that the parishs Personnel Department doesnt recommend increasing the. Just like the other workers, they are motivated to work harder if we get paid for what they work on. If they are paid by the hour, maybe they will get in there as actually do some work. Create an account or login to post a reply, You must be a member in order to post a reply. In fact, it may accomplish the opposite. if someone wants to give a politician a big bag of money, it's his right. Find out with our income calculator, Indias Sex Ratio at Birth Begins To Normalize. It also reduced the likelihood that a candidate would quit before the end of the term. Makes it easier to see whos taking the bribes. You end up costing jobs from people who are at the bottom rung of the economic ladder. Rep. Paul Ryan on Feb. 13, A full days hard work should be enough to keep you and your family out of poverty. Elected politicians should be paid well because their time is taken away from them and they have uproot themselves from their homes. As previously mentioned, being a politician is a tough job. On one hand, that doubling increased the logarithm of the number of parties that field a candidate by 41% of a standard deviation, thereby providing the voters with a broader choice of political platforms, the researchers write. I sure love being able to bribe a politician with a couple hundred bucks! Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng pictured here on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. All that they need to be paid is parliamentary allowance to help them with their work instead of raking hundreds of our dollars. And why? Watch how fast everything changes when politicians realize what life on minimum wage really is like. Jr. puts both feet in Mouth, This Aint Your Dads Republican Party Anymore, Bernie Sanders goes after the coolest capitalist of all, Elon Musk. As well, what is wrong with offering them some sort of profit? A minimum wage of $4.25 per hour applies to young workers under the age of 20 during their first 90 consecutive calendar days of employment with an employer, as long as their work does not displace other workers. They have a special role to make our society a better place to live in. You will face a lot of issues in our nation. The Biden administration and many congressional Democrats favor increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour from the current rate of $7.25 an hour, but the proposals fate in the Senate is uncertain. The mayor has veto (can overrule other votes) authority over the council, which has legislative power. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Have you conducted extensive tests to prove this theory? Talker. Chicago Booth Review Getting paid is one way to pay off all their hard work to serve the nation. For their job as the states chief executive, they are paid between $70,000 and $201,000. If they commit to the job of representing the electorate then that is what they should do. Usually, a politician is from a political party, which is a group that shares common beliefs and goals. The point of an internship is to learn valuable skills. We cover all sorts of topics, so there's bound to be something inside to pique your interest. Yes! The pay of state legislators varies depending on whether they work for full-time or part-time legislatures. Level: Intermediate: B1/B2Running Time: 90 minutes +. Talker. Minimum wage jobs generally don't require much mindpower, it's do the same thing over and over and over and over until your time on shift is up. I think its time that OUR ELECTED are paid what they think its ok to pay us. This legislation is overdue and will help families that are struggling in this harsh economy. Gov. New Orleans pays city workers at least $15 per hour. If politicians got paid minimum wage, I guarantee minimum wage would be a comfortable wage. I'm with you on this one 100%. After 90 consecutive days of employment or the employee reaches 20 years of age, whichever comes first, the employee must receive a . To understand this debate it is useful to learn the following words and concepts. About six-in-ten U.S. adults (62%) say they favor raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, including 40% who strongly back the idea. We might even be paying a fitting wage to health and social care workers. We could all live comfortably, even the shelf stockers at Wal-Mart. Thats wrong. With New Orleans offering city workers a wage of at least $15 per hour, Jefferson Parish government is evaluating whether it needs to follow suit in order to remain competitive and help fill hundreds of vacancies in its workforce. But their ambition should be driven by a desire to help people, not to become rich. In fact, they earn way more than they get. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) told MSNBCs Alex Wagner on Dec. 5. Politician pay is not the problem. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. The parish would need to spend another $8.4 million to address the resulting wage compression among workers already making more than $15 per hour, The Archer Group estimated. Getting them paid and giving them incentives is the least that we can do for all their sacrifices to make the nation better. Public policy was thereby systemically skewed to favour the privileged few at the expense of the unrepresented many. You say that no one in their right mind would work for minimum wage, but billions of people do it every day. If that is to happen, it must be possible for anyone to become an elected representative. Even to a dedicated public servant, lavish gifts from lobbyists will be a whole lot more persuasive when they are eating ramen noodles every night in the two bedroom apartment they share with four other people. Governors work with state lawmakers to allocate funding and make changes to laws. In addition, as a politician, you are always in the spotlight. And it is a process. I think its time that OUR ELECTED are paid what they think its ok to pay us. I wrote this article after the tragic shooting in El Paso. If they are paid by the hour, maybe they will get in there as actually do some work. If the politicians got paid what a lot of the US citizens got paid they would feel how it is to try to take care of a family.They get to live it up on our hard earned money. It's quick & easy! The current minimum wage in New Jersey is $8.60 per hour. Among the public, those who back a $15 minimum wage are fairly divided over how to approach the issue if there is insufficient support in Congress for an increase to that amount this year. Not so little that you can't pay rent, much less your other bills with a month's rent. Im not so sure a lot of them get that. They obviously already had motivation to make change. For more information on how to use this in the classroom, please have a look at our detailed post on using free lesson plans. Your argument does not explain the fact that the great change makers in history worked for humanity, not a paycheck. Employers must comply with both federal and state minimum wage laws, as well as regulations like the Davis-Bacon Act and Service Contract Act. To vote for an argument, use these icons: Debate scores, side scores and tag scores are automatically calculated by an algorithm that primarily takes argument scores into account. The study, titled The Voters Blunt Tool where they used a game-theory method, claims that when elected officials are paid more, they are more invested in maintaining their jobs and are more willing to promote citizen-friendly legislation. He has to go. That should alarm you. Forever insurance, forever paychecks, forever retirement, "gifts", etc. then only people passionate about guiding a country would be involved with politics Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75758325 So I'm giving this one to you. Absolutely. For instance, a large company wants to build a factory that produces harmful chemicals but needs a safety permit from the government. It should be a commitment. Everything you do, eyes are watching you. Why? Employees who get minimum wage should get a pay increase from April every year under law. It's not like they're flipping burgers, guys. To realize how important it is that the people who run a country do so with the best intentions. Workers With Disabilities Can Earn Just $3.34 An Hour. No extras. Many people do not realize that many politicians make 6 figures (well over $100,000.00) a year. Learn how your comment data is processed. How easy would it be to corrupt the government then? In addition, they continue to receive the same pay even after they are out of office as part of their retirement plan. movement. Those elected before 2004 receive an annual pension of between $150,000 and $200,000 a year. It may not display this or other websites correctly. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights . Or a politician school you had to pass, which taught things like sociology and philosophy. The strongest periods of economic growth in the 20th century were also times when incomes rose across the board. Obama adviser and former Bill Clinton chief of staff John Podesta in POLITICO Magazine on Dec. 6, [W]e have a lot of evidence on what happens when you raise the minimum wage. Only one-in-ten Americans in all say that federal minimum wage should remain at the current level of $7.25 an hour. In order to secure a permit, the company offered the public official a huge amount of money in exchange for the permit. The state legislators main function is to make a law that caters to the needs of the state. Politicians should get paid minimum wage. Ive recently learned that SC Rep Joe Cunningham voted against Democrats and WITH republicans to vote AGAINST increasing the minimum wage to 15$ an hour. Spark some discussions! We want to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy. Do they deserve that amount? Argument replies (both in favor and in opposition) are displayed below the original argument. Here are the questions used for the report, along with responses, and its methodology. While in office, politicians should not be allowed to make, After leaving office, no former politician should be allowed to make. We got payed next to nothing, yet the output was amazing. The presidency is the highest elected position. Politicians need to strive to follow their example. It would only act as a lure for greedy individuals if they are getting paid. 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