You poor bastard!!!
Now I can see why you have a burr in your bonnet.
You have my humblest sympathies. Keep the faith my friend, even I support the Liberals over the NDP.
Politicians are severely underpaid.......
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Now I can see why you have a burr in your bonnet.
You have my humblest sympathies. Keep the faith my friend, even I support the Liberals over the NDP.
Juan, that information is pretty old, from 2000; my numbers are what their new salaries are, as of 2006. Sadly, it has more than doubled.
I stand corrected. That was quite a raise. Has anyone else's salary doubled in six years? I know mine hasn't.:roll:
I think your numbers are out of date. If my memory is correct, an MP makes at least $150,000, a cabinet minister/speaker is over $200,000 and the PM gets about $300,000. The leader of the opposition also gets about $150,000. And that doesn't even include their expenses, or their pension.
Ok, I wasn't too far off:
"If the raise goes through, members of Parliament would get a base salary of $155,000, and cabinet ministers $230,000."
Base salary (Sessional indemnity) $141,000 Additional salary Prime minister$141,000 Minister$67,600 Leader of the Opposition$67,600 Other party leader $48,200
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"If the raise goes through, members of Parliament would get a base salary of $155,000, and cabinet ministers $230,000."
Base salary (Sessional indemnity) $141,000 Additional salary Prime minister$141,000 Minister$67,600 Leader of the Opposition$67,600 Other party leader $48,200
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You know Mikey, politicians never seem to be poor. I wonder why that is.....:roll:
Yeah how 90% of our politicians our lawyers..
And have you ever heard of a poor MP....
Rich get richer!
And have you ever heard of a poor MP....
Rich get richer!
Oh boy....another westman statistic....90 percent, eh? Can you back that up?
Earlier, the conversation was about getting the best man for the job? Well, you gotta pay to get the best man for the job. Right now, CEO's make far more money than most politicians. How do you get some of those brains into public life? You pay competative salaries.
Well, the reason we don't give them HUGE salaries is:
we don't want them there for the money.
We want them their for Canada, not for the salary.
Oh and Bush doesn't get 1 mill / year, does he? Its more like 400 000, right?
we don't want them there for the money.
We want them their for Canada, not for the salary.
Oh and Bush doesn't get 1 mill / year, does he? Its more like 400 000, right?
I think the boys from Enron will be out soon. Will the fact that they'er American bug you at all? I know most left leaning folk have no issue with someone unwilling to denouce their French defacto citizenship and all.:lol:
Huh? What did that have to do with what I posted? I don't know why you right wing lug nuts have such an issue with Dion's citizenship.
Get over it already. I mean, you elected a guy who isn't even human, after all...he's like some kinda wooden cyborg thing...mr. charisma there.
So, you found information to try and counter what I say...how about now coming up with some evidence to back up your 90 percent figure there?
There is no guarantee CEO's won't be crooks either. The rest was a joke, but hey, after seeing your reply, I'm beginning to see you as a punchline.
Answered.
Wow I see you haven't matured much. But I answered your question anyways.I don't know why you right wing lug nuts have such an issue with Dion's citizenship.
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Ah, you always make me feel so good about myself, that's why I love you CDNBear....indeed.
Nope, there is no gauranteeing anyone won't be a crook. I think that a majority of folks who get into political life do so for the right reasons...to do something positive for Canadians. However, there are also those who....stray, shall we say...from the straight and narrow. Fortunatly, as we saw in the last election, there are ways to set stuff back on track a bit more...turfing the offenders as much as possible and bringing in new blood, new voices.
As far as Mr. Dion's citizenship issues, I feel that he has proven himself as someone who is dedicated to Canada. I don't think he should have to renounce his french citizenship. I'm not sure why people do want him to...but, that's me.
Consider there are few jobs in society where those working in it have the ability to write there own raises! If the salaries are what they are than politicians only have themselves to blame for 2 reasons. One not raising their own salaries higher, and two for not convincing the public they are doing a good enough job to warrant the support of such a raise. Are they underpaid, well the job is supposed to be one of public service. Instead it looks more like one as previously posted, driven by personal advancement and status. So i am on the side that favours no, and in some cases i wiould wager overpaid.
yes i remember a while back there was a vote in the british parliament to decide whether they'd get a 7% raise or a 23% (vaguely remembered figures). it was the first unanimous vote for decades