why not pollies.
rehctub,
Name just one pollie that you can say is worth more than a standard wage. If he/she is worth more than state their achievements please.
I simply can't think of a single one.

Last two posts add amusement to the thread.
I understand we like to dislike Polly's,yet few of us ask why the million dollar wages for business managers.
Trouble is, plainly, honestly, for some, understanding has nothing to do with posts.

understanding has nothing to do with posts.
Belly,
I appreciate your honesty.
Anyhow, what exactly is it that makes pollies deserve the pay they get ? I find it a bit rich to see these people perpetually ruining lives with impunity & at the end of their crusade they get huge super payouts for which they didn't even have to contribute a fraction of what we have to. No wonder they love unions fighting to get these rorts while ordinary workers tear out their hair trying to make ends meet.

Indi, the wages we pay pollies is not what costs us so much as the incopitence they display, which leads to the list of stuff ups that is the problem.

Now as for your questions.

I have many mates in business and I can tell you they all hate it now as it is just to hard.

Labor and the unions have put this wall between staff and bosses, so much so that many staff that were highly respected are now treated the same as th masses.

The end result is that your high achievers generally cut their performance to that of the lowest acceptable denominator, and who can blame them.

As for investing, we, in the corporate world invest for several reasons.

For financial independence, the wellbeing of our families and above all, to make money.

We also have to consider our retirement, because, despite the fact that we cretate jobs and pay more tax than most, we are left to fend for ourselves and continually judged by the tall poppy brigade.

Now as for governments, well, simply stop wasting money and they can build and hold assetts, rather than selling them off simply to repay debt.

They ar looking at tax reform simply because they have little left to sell and they have wasted so much that they need to find more money, so they tax the risk takers.

And you lot sit there and wonder why we look at ways to minimize tax.

Stop welfare waste an stop the boats would be a good place to start.

Having fed on humble pie ten times.
To try to do what I never wanted to.
Talk to a poster who gets under my finger nails with long bamboo.
Thinking each time why bother.
But with an in built understanding, true,
Not every one understands every issue, including myself.
I plead guilty.
I can not do it.
That post , its very substance, every word, proves my point.
It is pointless, we just can not converse, your lack of understanding is acceptable.
But your often seen bitter responses to others thoughts can not.
I admit, the thread failed, Politicians are so disliked and understood, we can not get past that, to talk about wages.
I did try.

Don't be so hard on yourself Belly.

>>I admit, the thread failed, Politicians are so disliked and understood, we can not get past that, to talk about wages. I did try.<<

It is a topic that deserves airing every so often. And it is not realistic to blame the audience for the poor acting on the stage. Politicians in general, by their behaviours and actions, have done the damage, not the electorate. Used-car salesmen have traditionally been the benchmark for "least-trusted" profession, but politicians are rapidly catching up...

http://www.readersdigest.com.au/most-trusted-professions-2010-press/

In the UK, they actually reached the bottom of the list five years ago...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-420401/Politicians-estate-agents-trusted-professions.html

Most people do feel equally disgusted with some of the obscene salaries paid to our "captains of industry". But they are at least held accountable for their actions, which is categorically not the case with politicians. Also, the road to the top in public companies is substantially different to the process of becoming a politician - the issue of accountability is built into their every step. Unlike the sleaze and schmooze, faction-fighting and horse-trading that are part and parcel of pre-selection.

They bring it upon themselves. And then have the gall to appeal to our patriotism and the importance of "democracy" when it comes to soliciting our vote.

A plague o' both your houses! I am sped.