Do we pay our politicians too much?
Should we link the income we pay our politicians to something like the average wage/minimum wage of NZer's? This would give clear incentive to increase the economic wellbeing of people in NZ.
Poll Created Mon 9 Jun 2014 9:19AM
Should we link politicians pay to average income of NZer's? Closed Thu 12 Jun 2014 9:10AM
This could we a good incentive to increase the economic wellbeing of NZer's. An example would be a sitting MP in 2015 gets paid (x) times the average wage of a NZer in 2014? Ideas, thoughts?
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 74.1% | 20 |
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| Abstain | 3.7% | 1 |
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| Disagree | 14.8% | 4 |
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| Block | 7.4% | 2 |
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| Undecided | 0% | 606 |
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27 of 633 people have participated (4%)
Robin Mcilraith
Mon 9 Jun 2014 10:13AM
bit like some counties pay teachers good wages and get good people for it,mind you this country has always thought poor
Bertus van Ommeren
Mon 9 Jun 2014 7:27PM
It should be the mean wage not the average wage
Malcolm Welsford
Tue 10 Jun 2014 6:22AM
Pay the minimum wage set by Government (plus expenses).
Pete Young
Tue 10 Jun 2014 6:48AM
I agree on the basis that MP's should be paid 1 x the average income.
Michael
Tue 10 Jun 2014 10:56AM
If you want below-average politicians or just the super rich to stand for parliament this is a wonderful idea.
Michael Allen-Andrews
Wed 11 Jun 2014 2:23AM
with all the extras they get $60.000 per year is fine
James Hunt
Wed 11 Jun 2014 8:31AM
Politicians should be remunerated based on how well they are doing to benefit the majority of new Zealanders, this could be one way to do that IMO.
William Asiata
Wed 11 Jun 2014 11:21AM
We want in people in parliament that are dedicated to the prosperity and equality of everyone as a whole. They should realise the personal implications of this on their income for the sake of living up to their duties without being hypocritic.
pilotfever
Wed 11 Jun 2014 11:54AM
I think the policy technician wage (or politician if you don't believe in the merits of subject matter experts) should be paid equivalent to what they could get with their skills in the private sector, but capped at something reasonable above/below.