This should indeed be greeted with derisiveness, considering Brazil's average per capita GDP is less than. 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. Should Jefferson Parish follow suit? Users Online Now: 1,919 : Visitors Today: 534,999: Pageviews Today: 2,043,519: Threads Today: 842: Posts Today: 18,151: 10:19 PM : . Doing so would generate increased competition between candidates, attract better applicants, and secure better politicians. 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? I don't, however, believe they should be paid out the ass with added bonuses for doing nothing but wasting taxpayer dollars. We have a ton of content and fresh stuff is constantly being added. Those elected before 2004 receive an annual pension of between $150,000 and $200,000 a year. This website uses cookies to ensure the best user experience. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. We all know that being a politician is a dangerous job. Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng pictured here on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. If a politician is given too much authority, they may abuse it. Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng, right, speaks during the first Jefferson Parish council meeting in the East Bank Council Chambers with the newly elected members in Elmwood, La. About three-quarters of Hispanic (76%) and Asian Americans (73%) also favor raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, with 52% of Hispanics and 43% of Asians saying they strongly support the idea. Makes it easier to see whos taking the bribes. 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. It's not like they're flipping burgers, guys. Yes! For their job as the states chief executive, they are paid between $70,000 and $201,000. I think it should be the centerpiece of the State of the Union. No attitude immutable. To learn more about the CreateDebate scoring system, check out the, When you are ready to voice your opinion, use the. "[Martin Luther King, Jr.] would want us to celebrate him, his birth and his legacy by acting upon his agenda, by realizing the dream, by making the minimum wage a living wage, by having not just family and medical leave, but paid sick leave for our workers, [and] by having quality, affordable child care so that our families, the power of women can be unleashed in our economy and in our society. Rep. Nancy Pelosi on the 50th Anniversary of MLKs I Have a Dream speech. The president is in command of the military and has the power to reject or approve the legislation. You say that no one in their right mind would work for minimum wage, but billions of people do it every day. 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. As well as other services like security, education, and health. These views differ by race and ethnicity, as well as by income. Listener. However, it is a tough job. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. If politicians are doing a service for the reasons they say they are then I say prove it. If politicians wages were linked to the minimum wage, it would be 15 pound per hour by now. 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. They should receive no more than an average American gets. We all make sacrifices for the things we truly care about, and if you want the responsibility of governing your neighbours you need to be willing to let go of some thingslike the prospect of becoming rich. 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.. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Governors work with state lawmakers to allocate funding and make changes to laws. Politicians need to live the life of a private in the military. The researchers equate graduates of lower-ranked colleges with lower-quality legislators. Republican opinion on this issue is more divided, but a majority of Republicans and Republican leaners - 57% - oppose raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, including nearly three-in-ten (29%) who say they are strongly against it. Smaller majorities of those in middle- (58%) and upper-income households (55%) say they favor a $15 minimum wage. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. This petition will be shared with Rep Cunningham and other interest groups. That should alarm you. A politician is someone who contributes to how the country is managed. The benefits suck. Wages have increased due to worker shortages, pushing entry-level jobs to $15 an hour or more. Maybe when it pays next to nothing, we will get some people in office who aren't doing it for the money. With less monetary incentives, more sincere people will be drawn to politics. 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. (+1) 202-419-4372 | Media Inquiries. Everything sucks but she still takes the job because she loves to teach children. then only people passionate about guiding a country would be involved with politics Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75758325 Watch how fast everything changes when politicians realize what life on minimum wage really is like. Politicians will be more tempted to accept bribes from the rich people to gain special treatment, or to get an advantage. According to a study, 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. Employers with tipped workers will have to pay $6 per hour beginning in May 2023, and $8 starting in July 2023. When dealing with their employees and constituents, they should also display good analytical, creative, and communication abilities. All that they need to be paid is parliamentary allowance to help them with their work instead of raking hundreds of our dollars. There may be some people who say no, and that perhaps ends the conversation with them. Most people will never see this kind of money over their entire lifetimes. Social imbalances are rarely, if ever, corrected quickly. He is up for re election in 2020. In fact, it may accomplish the opposite. It would balance out if it was regulated well. Heres what some of the biggest names in Washington are saying about the topic. The state legislators main function is to make a law that caters to the needs of the state. And why? 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. so i guess we should pay doctors only minimum wage because we want the doctors who want to do it PURELY for the fun amrite? Learn how your comment data is processed. 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. ON BOTH sides of the Atlantic politicians are warming to the idea that the lowest-paid can be helped by mandating higher wages. In addition, as a politician, you are always in the spotlight. The environment encompasses all living creatures on this planet. Health is part of a nation's wealth "The rules say you've got to make this much more than the person who's entered.". They are after all are supposed to be public servants. Getting them paid and giving them incentives is the least that we can do for all their sacrifices to make the nation better. I say pay the politicians $1M/yr each, but let them have no other source of income, and their relatives' income closely scrutinized. wage would probably become a living wage because the politicians would raise it. Furthermore it would drastically shrink the number of people who run for elections in the exact opposite way you would likely hope for. You can share this debate in three different ways: 2023 TidyLife, Inc. All Rights Reserved. In addition, your logic seems flawed: no smart person will run for office to work for minimum wage - can you prove to me, without doubt, that smart people are currently running for office? Jr. puts both feet in Mouth, This Aint Your Dads Republican Party Anymore, Bernie Sanders goes after the coolest capitalist of all, Elon Musk. People living in areas where the state-level minimum wage is currently $12 or higher are more likely than others to say they favor a federal increase to $15 an hour. Our politicians are supposed to represent their constituents and, in aggregate, to represent society as a whole. Level: Intermediate: B1/B2Running Time: 90 minutes +. Kicking your kid out as soon as they turn 18 is abusive. As for pedophiles, i already made the point. We cover all sorts of topics, so there's bound to be something inside to pique your interest. Politicians would never allow themselves to live in poverty and they know that minimum wage is garbage. would be able to run, You obviously dont know anything about what politicians actually do lol. We must raise the minimum wage to a living wage - at least $15 an hour. Evidently that premise has failed. There are sharp partisan differences in opinions. No extras. Refresh the page, check Medium 's site status, or find something. They should be excellent in communications, management, leadership, and governance. For instance, Italian representatives received 144,084 per year, while Hungarian representatives earned a mere 10,080. So only those people directly affected by horrid conditions are motivated to advocate for change? Heres whats going to happen: Theyre going to have to lay people off. Gov. I do still think that my salary change would work though. The point is, one of the priorities of the politicians would become: Making minimum wage a living wage. He has to go. Black adults in particular stand out for their support: 89% favor raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, including 73% who support the idea strongly. 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. More than half of Americans who favor a $15 federal minimum wage (54%) say that if there is not enough congressional support for such an increase this year, Congress should prioritize increasing the wage even if the new wage is significantly less than $15. How much are politicians paid in your country? Listener. 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. Perhaps in theory, and in a rational market, it would make sense to pay politicians more. Councilmember Byron . I don't believe they should be paid minimum wage considering their job requires a specific set of skills and experience. 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?). but we would need to first get them in office, which no smart person will do. As well as being committed to helping people, and to representing the interests of your constituents. Raymond Fisman, Nikolaj A. Harmon, Emir Kamenica, and Inger Munk, Labor Supply of Politicians, Working paper, July 2013. Leaving room for only rich people to become politicians. In Brazil, members of Congress are trying to raise their own pay to $187,000 per year. Unfortunately, the increase apparently did little to improve how much effort politicians put into their jobs. It is important that our health and social care workers be properly paid. It would only act as a lure for greedy individuals if they are getting paid. The presidency is the highest elected position. The Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) has a high-profile personal protection duty inside the State Department, which is highlighted whenever the Secretary of State goes abroad. Obviously this will never happen, but I think it would be awesome. 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. 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. Do we need ambitious representatives? Well, its a good thing nothing Ive listed above would affect their ability to help people. Do it for minimum wage. Those who represent us should be expected to represent us honestly and should live relatively like us and so work for what we want and need. As such it was a position only available to the very wealthy, who then used it to become wealthier. But their ambition should be driven by a desire to help people, not to become rich. Pedophiles were victims should we give them power? In fact, they earn way more than they get. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) told MSNBCs Alex Wagner on Dec. 5. Yet the minimum wage is not enough to realistically live on in this country. But even so, all of the people you've mentioned were victims of injustices. If they were forced to work for minimum wage, then they would change things because they are used to living like kings and queens, literally. Many politicians will make over $8,000,000.00 (yes that is 8 million) in just ten years of retirement. I was overboard, since you don't have to be a victim just someone with a lot of motivation. I'm not saying you are right or wrong, just that you don't have data to support this statement. We raise that minimum wage and we move forward with the vision of this president that we have, which is everyone pays their fair share. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) on Aug. 26, The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs. And the erosion of the minimum wage has lowered pay and working standards for all of us." 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. What argument are you trying to support, defend, or dispute with this question? If you go somewhere housing is cheap, minimum wage is less to reflect that. Yet the minimum wage is not enough to realistically live on in this country. How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low The National Restaurant Association uses mandatory $15 food-safety classes to turn waiters and cooks into unwitting funders of its battle against minimum wage increases. We welcome anyone and everyone to register & become a member of our awesome community. and i find it kind of bad that the government will tell people how to pay their employees private property anyone? The healthcare sucks. If You Want Better Politicians, Pay Them Less, Pay Politicians 500,000 Each per Year and Maybe Wed Get Better Quality MPs, Images of people used under license from Generated Photos. This would also mean politicians would get into to the business for the correct reason. 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 If you are ok with minimum wage caliber of candidates, ten sure, pay minimum wage. Usually, a politician is from a political party, which is a group that shares common beliefs and goals. Getting paid is one way to pay off all their hard work to serve the nation. It's like saying "hey, do all this shit for us and we'll pay you a really bad wage shit's all good, bro". The government needs to host a website where anyone registered to run for office can have a page that explains all of their proposals. The majority of English language students are curious about languages and cultures. Tommy Sheridan writes eloquently and passionately in his column as he pleads the case for paying health and social care workers better. For example, David Amess, a British Member of Parliament, was stabbed many times at a meeting with constituents in a church in eastern England. The federal minimum wage is the absolute lowest hourly rate that can be paid to an employee in the United States. To function well, democracy requires participation and therefore accessibility at all levels and in all its aspects. What should the maximum salary per year be for politicans? 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. So I'm giving this one to you. Joe Cunningham ran as a Democrat that I honestly believe is way more conservative than progressive. No matter what political position, they should be paid minimum wage. All politicians should be paid minimum wage. Sign and share if you believe that our elected should be paid what they think its ok to pay us. As a result, a raise gave lower-quality MEPs a greater incentive to get into office and, once there, to stay put. Being a politician is indeed a tough job. These issues can be a life and death situation, and even your health will be at stake because of too much stress. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. (LogOut/ WEEEEEE need your help. 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. We want to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy. 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. Which, rather obviously, meant that the independent wealthy were massively over-represented while everyone else was woefully under-represented. It would cause inequality between politicians, which could cause all sorts of problems though. Reader. Reader. Half of Hispanic adults who back the $15 wage also express this view. Interesting, since you have neither met me nor most politicians (i'm guessing that you didn't, correct me if I'm wrong). Pew Research Center conducted this study understand Americans views on raising the standard federal minimum wage. In addition, working as a politician you get almost everything for free. Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com. You have permission to edit this article. If you want a more qualified and capable cal. I'm with you on this one 100%. But were not. 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. That is why there are limits to the number of terms a person can serve. There was a time, not so very long ago, when MPs were not paid. The individual in need donates or gives something of value to sway an officials actions while performing his public obligations. For more information on how to use this in the classroom, please have a look at our detailed post on using free lesson plans. They have a special role to make our society a better place to live in. "Let's say you've been here for three years," Lee Sheng said. Jefferson Parish regularly offers its employees salary increases tied to performance. Research driven insights on business, policy, and markets. 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. Some of the best people I have had the honor of calling my friends were guys I met in the military. While 87% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say they favor increasing the wage to $15 an hour (including 61% who strongly favor it), 72% of Republicans and GOP leaners oppose the idea (including 45% who strongly oppose it). So why do we need to pay them if they can get these incentives and benefits? For instance, a large company wants to build a factory that produces harmful chemicals but needs a safety permit from the government. While many other people work using their physical strength daily at work, politicians spend most of their time in their office or attending meetings. The . I felt this needed a response. Elected politicians should be paid well because their time is taken away from them and they have uproot themselves from their homes. Gov. No conclusion final. To be fair, this is already the situation. Exactly. The public picks up that tab for the pampered and spoiled MPs along with their second home scam. Epic solution to corruption. You get less of it. explain your answer please. minimum wage for congress is a cute idea for propaganda purposes, but it's really not realistic. View all posts by Peter A Bell. I sure love being able to bribe a politician with a couple hundred bucks! 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. Lots of politicians already have money from their previous jobs as lawyers or private businessmen. I think a lot of people will say, we agree with that, and then you get to the discussion about what is a reasonable increase. Washington Mayor Vincent Gray in an interview with The Washington Post on Sept. 12. if someone wants to give a politician a big bag of money, it's his right. Lifelong campaigner for the restoration of Scotland's independence. Partly because they get support from political parties yet another aspect of our democracy which depends for its proper functioning on the highest achievable levels of participation. In nursing assistant roles, where EPI reports the median pay is $14.26 per hour, women make up 88.9% of the workforce. Some of them receive tons of gifts from the people who admire them. In order to secure a permit, the company offered the public official a huge amount of money in exchange for the permit. For the money of course. The researchers consider the effects of a salary increase on some members of the European Parliament (MEPs). 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. The president is paid $400,000 a year as commander-in-chief of the country. Raising those workers' wages to $15 per hour would cost the parish at least $1.25 million a year, the firm calculated, though the estimate didn't include the increased expenses in fringe benefits. About four-in-ten (38%) say they oppose the proposal, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted April 5-11. We readily recognise the importance of voter participation and strive to make access to the electoral process as wide and easy as possible. In the United States, politicians can work in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches of government. After 90 consecutive days of employment or the employee reaches 20 years of age, whichever comes first, the employee must receive a . Imagine if that process of making politics more accessible had started a hundred years earlier. We could all live comfortably, even the shelf stockers at Wal-Mart. But now I'm confused by what you're trying to point out. But the increase didnt similarly influence the reelection decisions of higher-quality MEPs, who had better job prospects outside of politics. Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World, When it comes to raising the minimum wage, most of the action is in cities and states, not Congress, Many U.S. workers are seeing bigger paychecks in pandemic era, but gains arent spread evenly, The U.S. differs from most other countries in how it sets its minimum wage, Most Americans support a $15 federal minimum wage, Two-thirds of Americans favor raising federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, Young adult households are earning more than most older Americans did at the same age. 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. No because then they will take even more bribes. Consider where we might be by now in terms of creating a fairer distribution of wealth and a more equal society. 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. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Sure. Politicians are human too. Why should any law maker be allowed anywhere near the stock market, then? The $7.25 an hour federal minimum wage is a starvation wage," said Senator Sanders. Last year,New Orleans bumpedits city workers up to a $15 hourly minimum wage and its now requiring that city contractors to do the same for their employees. And even so, most of them are zealots, not change makers. I wrote this article after the tragic shooting in El Paso. Could there be an alternative system of reward or payment for their services? The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, If You Want Better Politicians, Pay Them Less. , guys wage - at least $ 15 an hour or more i 'm saying! Of Making politics more accessible had started a hundred years earlier is who... 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