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Jesse Powell
@jespow
Why don't we pay politicians more? Governor of California makes $173k/yr to lead a team of 800k (like Amazon), which generates revenue of $140b/yr (like Google). If we want top talent, shouldn't the CEO of CA get paid something comparable to the CEOs of these businesses?
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Rafael Yakobi
@Deliver8tor
You could pay them a billion a year and it wouldn't change the fact that there's no profit motive and that they exist to rent-seek off of productive people. Also, they seem to manage to make themselves ultra-wealthy shortly after leaving office.
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Jesse Powell
@jespow
If revenue is not the KPI to measure a governor's success by, what is? Who defines these KPIs and who is tracking them? Where can I find them?
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Rafael Yakobi
@Deliver8tor
KPIs are subjective and differ for different people. For me, efficiently run services with as low taxes as possible. Others might want more spending depending on whether they are a recipient or bidding for contracts. Who cares about revenue? They can print that shit.
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