In the same vein, better is not perfect. There are hundreds of things wrong with our political systems and no single thing will fix all of it. Getting paid more than could ever be reasonable does not stop these people from doing everything they can to get more so whether they get more money or less won’t change the corruption you’re taking about. That’s a separate problem with separate answers.
We might have to agree to disagree here. I’m not even sure politicians are paid unreasonably well imo.
But I guess my main thing is that I don’t believe perfection is attainable. All we can do is get close enough. We’re definitely not there yet, but I think we gotta keep taking steps in the right direction
Straight up, all state and federal politicians should be paid minimum wage by hour. The only way they get a raise is if everyone gets a raise.
This is how you get intense corruption
As opposed to the honest and pure politicians we have today…
I know you mean this well, but the solution for “bad” is not usually “worse”
In the same vein, better is not perfect. There are hundreds of things wrong with our political systems and no single thing will fix all of it. Getting paid more than could ever be reasonable does not stop these people from doing everything they can to get more so whether they get more money or less won’t change the corruption you’re taking about. That’s a separate problem with separate answers.
We might have to agree to disagree here. I’m not even sure politicians are paid unreasonably well imo.
But I guess my main thing is that I don’t believe perfection is attainable. All we can do is get close enough. We’re definitely not there yet, but I think we gotta keep taking steps in the right direction