I have to say that in a way I think our politicians are not overpaid, but rather underpaid. Why? Because they do have a fulltime job and in comparison to what some managers, CEOs and bankers earn, their income is just a fraction. Plus, their comparably small income makes them prone to corruption. Of course however there is no guarantee that they would be less corrupt if they earned more since man is greedy but still... for all the responsibility they have and the fact that they work 24/7 I think they actually don't earn that much. Of course they enjoy lots of advantages like the power to decide things that matter, traveling a lot and being driven around in limousines - which I actually did once, too, on a business trip with https://www.blacklane.com/en/limousineservice and it was great - but I still feel that in comparison to other jibs politicians are underpaid.

I have to say that in a way I think our politicians are not overpaid, but rather underpaid. Why? Because they do have a fulltime job and in comparison to what some managers, CEOs and bankers earn, their income is just a fraction. Plus, their comparably small income makes them prone to corruption. Of course however there is no guarantee that they would be less corrupt if they earned more since man is greedy but still... for all the responsibility they have and the fact that they work 24/7 I think they actually don't earn that much. Of course they enjoy lots of advantages like the power to decide things that matter, traveling a lot and being driven around in limousines - which I actually did once, too, on a business trip with <a href="https://www.blacklane.com/en/limousineservice">http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=5917&page=4</a> and it was great - but I still feel that in comparison to other jibs politicians are underpaid.

Maybe not over paid if they did a good job. Where in any other job can you not be held accountable for what you do. We are constantly being told we are accountable. May be they can be held accountable but usually after their term in office is served whereas we are accountable immediately and sacked. Furthermore in what other job can you continually lie to people and manipulate words etc and avoid coming out with straight answers. I' m very cynical, politics seem to attract the dishonest in society and we pay them for it. I know there are some genuine pollies out there, my apologies to painting them with the same brush and sincerely appreciate those with some morals and values.

grim/quote..<<..grin..[hogen's]..he was trying to become a COMEDIAN.
Sadly, our pollies of course leapt onto the idea, and for the last few decades their pay increases have out paced average Australians' egregiously.>>

yes the root cause of many problems
can be traced back to a joke

i notice..that..when the tongue..says an exaggeration..as if truth
the follow up usually is..'only joking'

but its beyond a joke
i feel po-lies..wage..should be linked to minimum wage increase
the poor working slobs..are trying to 'survive'..on

plus the pub-lick serve-vice bonus/pay rates..being indexed to po-lie pay rates..further sickens..any minimum wage casual working slob

qld polies try to get 45%,,thats sickening
made [aggravated.].by lazy bureaucracy pay/pension/super increases
of course the leeches are over paid

over bonus-ed
under accountable

<<The result? We've never seen a more self-serving, out of touch, so called “Representatives” in the history of this country>>

too right
im so over self serving trust fund generational autocrats..
free lunching as bureaucrats..voting for ever more blood from the taxed to death working class..krudd..called the voter/service fee levie fine minimum wage tax/payer..

who truelly 'saved'..us
not china..not the nminimg..not howard..not krudd
but the poor downtrodden..who bails out the rich..when proffit got privatized and cost/debt put on us

bah
the new way?
http://www.yourstrawman.com/