If someone enters public service and serves the public well, everyone ends up wealthier, including themselves. No?
If someone emerges from public service richer than when they entered public service, they probably weren't serving the public.
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In principle, yes. In practice, it's hard to think of a good example.
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Isn't that just about anyone who got a book deal?
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I would love to know what % of those politician book deal advances are actually merited by subsequent sales figures....
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Look at the example of how Singapore pays its ministers and top civil servants. You kinda get what you pay for. Also, very low, almost no corruption.
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I’m in Singapore right now and I have to say, things seem to... work. People seem taken care of. Odd what happens when lobbying and tax loopholes aren’t in practice and what happens when education, health, infrastructure and uniformly taxed economic growth are put as priorities.
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If you're not getting lobbied by foreign interests, how else will you fund your cocaine habit?
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...and if you cant enter public service at a level at which you can serve the public without being wealthy in the first place there's probably also something wrong
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Certainly not exclusively. But feather bedding is as old as politics.
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I think their pays should be docked to the minimum wage they set and they should be fired if they don't show up to work for more than 2 days in a row without a doctor's note.
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