:). Only one-in-ten Americans in all say that federal minimum wage should remain at the current level of $7.25 an hour. Every single person who has ever been elected has claimed to be in it for the people. You get less of it. Answer: It can be. and i find it kind of bad that the government will tell people how to pay their employees private property anyone? But now I'm confused by what you're trying to point out. People running for office must be able to think critically to come up with a solution when there is a problem. No opinion humble. minimum wage for congress is a cute idea for propaganda purposes, but it's really not realistic. Many politicians are already wealthy from careers as lawyers or lesser politicians. Politicians and Celebrities are the WORST tippers. If as a juror, if you were found to be financially invested in the outcome of a trial, you would be kicked off the jury. Doubling an MEPs salary decreased by 15% the chance that an MEP had attended a college ranked in the top 500 in the world. Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com. Politicians aren't that smart. Either that, or only those who are always wealthy become politicians. So what is your argument? They find that a salary increase led to politicians with less education. Or just have a lot of politicians who are wealthy instead. To be fair, this is already the situation. I cooked. Social imbalances are rarely, if ever, corrected quickly. They do it because they have to work and support their families, and most jobs will not pay you any more than that. The IRS should conduct routine audits into the finances of former politicians. I'm saying that true motivation for change comes from something past profit, and can't be measured by paying these people minimum wage. (LogOut/ Jr. puts both feet in Mouth, This Aint Your Dads Republican Party Anymore, Bernie Sanders goes after the coolest capitalist of all, Elon Musk. But since you like studies so much and not a debate on subjective shit, here's a study showing how people are more likely to donate their organs if they are offered money. Also the fringe benefits are just out of control. This might be the actual dumbest post I've ever seen on here lol. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. This website uses cookies to ensure the best user experience. I have never conducted research to see if politicians are truly smarter than janitors and wal-mart cashiers. If a politician is given too much authority, they may abuse it. that makes no sense and did not answer what i said oh sorry, I went into "big picture" mode, those 206 days ago that I wrote that. who knows? Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Centers American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. All politicians should be paid minimum wage. In the UK, Where did the minimum wage come from? They are after all are supposed to be public servants. The president is paid $400,000 a year as commander-in-chief of the country. Pew Research Center conducted this study understand Americans views on raising the standard federal minimum wage. I worked at McDonalds. . This would also mean politicians would get into to the business for the correct reason. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. Reblogged this on Ramblings of a now 60+ Female. Raymond Fisman, Nikolaj A. Harmon, Emir Kamenica, and Inger Munk, Labor Supply of Politicians, Working paper, July 2013. I always thought it should be a percentage of the average wage in the area they represent. Or a politician school you had to pass, which taught things like sociology and philosophy. Politicians need to live the life of a private in the military. Ive recently learned that SC Rep Joe Cunningham voted against Democrats and WITH republicans to vote AGAINST increasing the minimum wage to 15$ an hour. This is a good point. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Evidently that premise has failed. Good job. In the UK, healthcare is delivered free at the point of use, so anyone can go into a Should-Politicians-Be-Paid-For-Their-Work_, 80 ESL Debate Topics About Travel and Tourism, Healthcare is a human right and should be free for everyone, The minimum wage should be increased every year, 60 Controversial Discussion Topics with Teaching Ideas. with the raise of minimum wage, it won't exactly increase spending but just help with spending in very specific areas. "Let's say you've been here for three years," Lee Sheng said. Should people be allowed to become millionaires? The problem is you cant do that by mandating it in the minimum wage laws. Not really Poor people now are on minimum wage at best, Going to another min wage job surely wouldn't be a problem? or not at all:) Anonymous Coward User ID: 76122415 United Kingdom 06/25/2018 03:09 AM Report . If somehow the persons quality of life has skyrocketed after leaving office there should be a proper investigation as to how. Perhaps in theory, and in a rational market, it would make sense to pay politicians more. Just last year, after attending closed-door briefings regarding the economic fallout that would accompany the coronavirus, three of those assholes sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock before the market could crash. According to BLS surveys, about 392,000 workers earned the minimum wage of $7.25 in 2019 and 1.2 million workers were paid a wage below the federal minimum. Could there be an alternative system of reward or payment for their services? 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. Talker. No attitude immutable. Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng said she thinks "everybody's on board with increasing the hourly rate," but it all comes down to cost. We got payed next to nothing, yet the output was amazing. Ghandi and Mother Theresa were shams. If politicians are doing a service for the reasons they say they are then I say prove it. Learn how your comment data is processed. Of the 3,313 positions Jefferson Parish budgeted for 2023, at least 679 are vacant, Dumas said. Most people will never see this kind of money over their entire lifetimes. if someone wants to give a politician a big bag of money, it's his right. We might even be paying a fitting wage to health and social care workers. They are all part of the environment whether they reside on land or in water, Health is part of a nation's wealth The higher salary increased the likelihood that an MEP in this group would run for reelection. Minimum wage may increase again past $13 in February. So, you should also be open-minded and be able to cope with criticism because as mentioned, people can have a say on how you manage the nation. We welcome anyone and everyone to register & become a member of our awesome community. Though, I agree that it would make it significantly worse. Half of our congresspeople are millionaires, three of those assholes sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock before the market could crash, When running for office they must divulge to the public, There needs to be a limit on how much money any individual is allowed to donate to a campaign. On behalf of the community they represent, politicians might operate on a local or national level, influencing numerous bureaucratic processes and government decisions. It is a commitment. If it were just money, then it would be a breeze to catch these rats, Everyone knows that politicians make their money by doing favors for people illegally. "Let's be clear. It can also be unfair. That is the whole point. Governors work with state lawmakers to allocate funding and make changes to laws. Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng pictured here on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Spark some discussions! 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. She wishes politicians in Washington, debating whether minimum wage should be $10, $11 or $15 per hour, lived a day like she does with almost two hours on a bus, just to get to work. They grew up in shit conditions. I think it actually is counterproductive in many ways. movement. Find out with our income calculator, Indias Sex Ratio at Birth Begins To Normalize. Bribery occurs when someone bribes a government official to make a judgment in their favour. 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. For instance, if you are an important politician that needs to attend a meeting all over the world, you will be able to travel the world for free. The massive social imbalance of a previous era has been largely corrected. Workers with disabilities can be paid less than minimum wage. Listener. The public picks up that tab for the pampered and spoiled MPs along with their second home scam. They should receive no more than an average American gets. This petition starter stood up and took action. Well, its a good thing nothing Ive listed above would affect their ability to help people. Here are the questions used for the report, along with responses, and its methodology. But they should not have other employment as consultants, executive directors of shell companies or whatever. If you go somewhere housing is cheap, minimum wage is less to reflect that. Privacy & Cookies Notice New Killer Ad Shows Where the Apple Falls as Don. Sure. Since the early 1990s the salaries of Australian parliamentarians have generally risen in a similar . These people are greedy and have manipulated the system to work for them instead of the people they are supposed to be serving. 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. Half of Hispanic adults who back the $15 wage also express this view. All that they need to be paid is parliamentary allowance to help them with their work instead of raking hundreds of our dollars. Listener. CreateDebate is a social debate community built around ideas, discussion and democracy. Our current money system has failed. In democratic countries, people can have a say in how their nation is managed by voting for their preferred member of parliament. If they are getting paid for their work, that is one of their motivations to serve their people better even if they are in a difficult situation. 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. Your Privacy The politicians that would run for office at minimum wage pay would do it to change things for the better because they surly would not be making lots of money. Refresh the page, check Medium 's site status, or find something. You are right, they do it for the perks. The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, though many states have higher minimum wages. A lot of people think we need budget cuts and I think this is a good place to start. Lower-income adults who favor a $15 minimum wage are divided on the better approach if there is inadequate support in Congress for the proposal this year: 49% say congressional leaders should prioritize any raise to the minimum that can happen this year, while an identical 49% share say leaders should continue working until they pass legislation raising the wage to $15 an hour. Anyone pulling up in a BMW getting audited, they only ever fight for the people who pay them the most. Councilmember Byron Lee speaks at a Jefferson Parish Council meeting in Gretna on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. Thus, politicians should be paid for their work. 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. Gov. This petition will be shared with Rep Cunningham and other interest groups. 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. Nowadays, any working class person can aspire to become an elective representative. The point of paying politicians a good wage is that we get the best talent. Which, rather obviously, meant that the independent wealthy were massively over-represented while everyone else was woefully under-represented. Furthermore it would drastically shrink the number of people who run for elections in the exact opposite way you would likely hope for. From April this year, the hourly rate for earners aged 21 to 2 is 9.18 an hour, up from 8.36. The problem would be situations like Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who bought land, lobbied to build a highway near it, then sold it for three times what he bought it for when the highway bill went through. (LogOut/ Lastly, congressional pay should be tied to the minimum wage. Politicians need to strive to follow their example. Seems like paying them less wouldnt help with this. Doing so would generate increased competition between candidates, attract better applicants, and secure better politicians. While in office, politicians should not be allowed to make, After leaving office, no former politician should be allowed to make. Since then, however, the labor market has changed considerably. Still, a majority of lower-income Republicans (54%) say they oppose such an increase. this is a good question, should ALL politicians be paid minimal wage? Employers must comply with both federal and state minimum wage laws, as well as regulations like the Davis-Bacon Act and Service Contract Act. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, full-time elected lawmakers at the state level earn an average of $75,415 per year while part-timers earn $12,838 per year. Makes it easier to see whos taking the bribes. The case for paying health and social care workers a wage commensurate with the vital nature of the service they provide stands on its own merits. There are more than enough of all resources to go around to everyone, but in the current situation things will go downhill if the slightest thing is changed. A narrow majority of these Americans (54%) say leaders should focus on passing an increase to the wage even if it may be significantly less than $15 an hour, while 43% say the priority should be to work to raise the hourly minimum wage to $15 even if no increase makes it into law this year.. 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. Under federal law What is Fast Fashion? WEEEEEE need your help. Heres whats going to happen: Theyre going to have to lay people off. Gov. Minimum wage should be enough that anyone can afford at least basic shelter and necessities with a little room for saving or emergency expenses. There was a time, not so very long ago, when MPs were not paid. So why do we need to pay them if they can get these incentives and benefits? If you are ok with minimum wage caliber of candidates, ten sure, pay minimum wage. Jerry Brown in a signing statement for a bill to increase California's minimum wage to $10 an hour, on Sept. 11 "The real winner here is the economy. If the politician is mostly motivated to enter politics and rule the country because of monetary incentives, it means that they would prioritize their interests over the countrys national interests. 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. This forces politicians to appeal to. I think its time that OUR ELECTED are paid what they think its ok to pay us. It's a lot harder to refuse thousands of dollars in bribe money when you're living a tiny apartment vs living in a mansion. This petition will be shared with Rep Cunningham and other interest groups. There may be some people who say no, and that perhaps ends the conversation with them. 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. This new payment methodology righted a striking imbalance: under the former system, which started in 1979, when the European Parliament held its first general election, each members home country paid him or her the same salary paid to members of the home countrys lower chamber of parliament. Sign and share if you believe that our elected should be paid what they think its ok to pay us. We would only get people who actually want to better this country, not money grubbing turds. Let's raise the minimum wage to a living wage! the only problem is that no smart person would work for minimum wage i mean, what dumbass voluntarily does that? People that are driven to make a difference do not need money to be motivated, just ask our teachers. Why do people think that minimum wage being raised would in turn raise the prices of everything. The $7.25 an hour federal minimum wage is a starvation wage," said Senator Sanders. In addition, to many people are making careers out of politics (and a large reason for this is the money). Lastly, you have the problem of corruption. Ours is a representative democracy. Till then, Ill collect as many adventures as possible. For their job as the states chief executive, they are paid between $70,000 and $201,000. I would suggest, however, that this and other instances of entrenched social inequity will not be more effectively or more speedily corrected by making our democracy work even less well than it does. Pedophiles were victims should we give them power? But I have serious concerns about the dangers in undermining the general principle of paying elected representatives well while insisting that they earn their salary by doing the job to the best of their ability. Parish hires consultant to study pay plan, Jefferson councilman: Its shameful parish department doesnt recommend increasing parish workers minimum wage, The New Orleans City Council ratifies $15 hourly minimum wage for city workers, 'Living wage' rate for city contractors backed by New Orleans City Council; see pay changes. The firm is also studying pay plans for the parish's judicial, executive and East Bank Consolidated Fire Department workers. but we would need to first get them in office, which no smart person will do. Among higher-income adults who support a $15 minimum wage, majorities say the priority for Congress should be to work to increase the minimum wage, even if the new wage is significantly less than $15 an hour. It should be a commitment. Any article on this website may be republished in whole or part on condition only that Peter A Bell is acknowledged as the author and/or the source is identified as www.peterabell.scot.If you would like to make a donation to help with the running costs of this site, please click here. Without the minimum wage worker, many corporations would not exist. If you find these articles interesting, please consider a small donation to help support this site and my other activities on behalf of Scotland's independence For more information on how to use this in the classroom, please have a look at our detailed post on using free lesson plans. Accept Cookies. The mayor is the chief executive officer. So that people whom were educated and self aware and with a heart for their country and not for money were granted jobs as politicians. A politician is someone who contributes to how the country is managed. In addition, being a politician is working with your brain. I was overboard, since you don't have to be a victim just someone with a lot of motivation. They may influence public opinion and the implementation of laws and policies. 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. 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. Everything sucks but she still takes the job because she loves to teach children. business owners, lawyers, old pensioners, etc.) Those who did enter politics would either be really bad at it or very crooked. Yes, business' would have to pay their employee's more, but they would also be getting a lot more business because of all the disposable income that everyone will have. 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