TheCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This prob won't be a popular suggestion....but > what about paying politicians more? > > Further....incentive payments for doing a good > job. And given that almost any metric one could > choose as a KPI would likely be open to > abuse...how about the ultimate KPI of winning your > seat again at the next GE...I.e. Each time you > retain your seat at a general election, you salary > goes up significantly...so if you're a 5 termer > you might get paid a multiple of a first > termer....so you are financially incentivised to > look after your constituents, not to look after > yourself.... > > Obviously combining this with a robust set of CoI > disclosures and restrictions. > > Anyway.. Plenty of reasons not to like that > suggestion as well.....just thinking out > loud/outside the box.... Ffs