Minimum wage should be enough that anyone can afford at least basic shelter and necessities with a little room for saving or emergency expenses. You're implying that I'm a person who would be motivated to help someone with asking if I would help them or not and all are you suggesting that I'm a better person than politicians? As previously mentioned, being a politician is a tough job. But the accessibility of full time politics also crucially depends on our elected representatives being adequately remunerated. Since the early 1990s the salaries of Australian parliamentarians have generally risen in a similar . Learn how your comment data is processed. I think a lot of people will say, we agree with that, and then you get to the discussion about what is a reasonable increase. Washington Mayor Vincent Gray in an interview with The Washington Post on Sept. 12. Argument replies (both in favor and in opposition) are displayed below the original argument. "Let's say you've been here for three years," Lee Sheng said. I get that. But since the federal minimum wage hasn't gone up since 2009, tens of millions of us across the country are still being paid as low as $7.25 an hour. Around 334 of the parish's 2,400 classified employees or roughly 14%earn less than $15 per hour, according to a presentation The Archer Group gave before the parish's Personnel Board in October. Giving MPs a salary was an essential corrective to the grotesque imbalance that inevitably developed when politics was exclusive a rich mans game. No conclusion final. I think this would be a good way to make sure that people get into politics to make things change for the better. Reader. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. It is not necessary to portray others as undeserving in order to enhance that case. The president is in command of the military and has the power to reject or approve the legislation. Getting paid is one way to pay off all their hard work to serve the nation. "We can't compete with the private sector, but we want to make sure that our salaries are consistent and competitive with other municipalities," said John Dumas, the parish's personnel director. Anyone pulling up in a BMW getting audited, they only ever fight for the people who pay them the most. So only those people directly affected by horrid conditions are motivated to advocate for change? It would be almost impossible to measure who is smarter. Tonight, lets declare that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty, and raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. President Barack Obama in the State of the Union on Feb. 12. In nursing assistant roles, where EPI reports the median pay is $14.26 per hour, women make up 88.9% of the workforce. I don't, however, believe they should be paid out the ass with added bonuses for doing nothing but wasting taxpayer dollars. this is a good question, should ALL politicians be paid minimal wage? You say that no one in their right mind would work for minimum wage, but billions of people do it every day. You didn't pass the humanoid test! No opinion humble. The president is in command of the military and has the power to reject or approve the legislation. The country would probably save billions in tax dollars that could get us jobs for this failing economy or healthcare for the billions that cannot afford it and cannot get help from the failing Medicaid system. Heres what some of the biggest names in Washington are saying about the topic. Without the minimum wage worker, many corporations would not exist. Like 200% of average or whatever. Now its time for the nearly 3.5 million workers in California and 30 million workers nationwide who work in low-wage jobs to get a raise. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) in a local op-ed on April 6, Raising minimum wage doesnt just benefit the workers behind me, it creates a proven ripple effect that increases wages all the way up the scale. For their job as the states chief executive, they are paid between $70,000 and $201,000. If politicians wages were linked to the minimum wage, it would be 15 pound per hour by now. Last year,New Orleans bumpedits city workers up to a $15 hourly minimum wage and its now requiring that city contractors to do the same for their employees. (And it was exclusive to men. The president is paid $400,000 a year as commander-in-chief of the country. Talker. So, you should also be open-minded and be able to cope with criticism because as mentioned, people can have a say on how you manage the nation. We provide a laid back atmosphere and our members are down to earth. Politicians are public servants, hence the main mission of their political activity must be to benefit the people. Tommy may have a point in relation to some of this. In 2010 an MPs salary was already over-generous at 65,738 but today it stands at an outrageous 81,932 and unlike nurses and health workers they dont pay for their travel costs or food consumption. We need to vote him out SC. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''. The public picks up that tab for the pampered and spoiled MPs along with their second home scam. My thoughts exactly. What argument are you trying to support, defend, or dispute with this question? This is a good point. At that point only established people who can rely on other incomes (e.g. Do we need ambitious representatives? A political system that functions well has excellent public services such as health and education. Lastly, congressional pay should be tied to the minimum wage. Parish Council member Byron Lee said paying parish workers a "livable" wage of $15 per hour is the "right thing to do" and will help the parish attract and retain its employees. This petition starter stood up and took action. Everything sucks but she still takes the job because she loves to teach children. Makes it easier to see whos taking the bribes. Say you see someone being treated unfairly, are you motivated to help them, or since you are not directly in the situation you lack the motivation to change the situation? The study, titled The Voters Blunt Tool where they used a game-theory method, claims that when elected officials are paid more, they are more invested in maintaining their jobs and are more willing to promote citizen-friendly legislation. As well, what is wrong with offering them some sort of profit? A growing number of major cities and states have set their own wage floors at $15. as for minimum wage, i actually sort of like that since we are the ones paying for their salaries. We could all live comfortably, even the shelf stockers at Wal-Mart. If being a politician is not paid at all, we will prevent greedy and selfish politicians from entering politics who only want monetary incentives and do not care about their people. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, full-time elected lawmakers at the state level earn an average of $75,415 per year while part-timers earn $12,838 per year. Users Online Now: 1,919 : Visitors Today: 534,999: Pageviews Today: 2,043,519: Threads Today: 842: Posts Today: 18,151: 10:19 PM : . Since then, however, the labor market has changed considerably. Here are the questions used for the report, along with responses, and its methodology. Surely we want that process to continue. Raymond Fisman, Nikolaj A. Harmon, Emir Kamenica, and Inger Munk, Labor Supply of Politicians, Working paper, July 2013. But that is just another manifestation of systemic social imbalance that is yet to be fully or adequately rectified.). If the fact MPs salaries have increased eight times in the last ten years while the real terms salaries of nurses andcarers have been slasheddoesnt make you angry you should check your chest cavity for the presence of a heart and your brain for evidence of a conscience. Under federal law What is Fast Fashion? It can also be unfair. As for pedophiles, i already made the point. What are the common problems or advantages with paying politicians for their work/time? Listener. Barack Obama wants to raise America's federal minimum wage. If that is to happen, it must be possible for anyone to become an elected representative. Writer. Create an account here on Off Topix. Perhaps in theory, and in a rational market, it would make sense to pay politicians more. Why did a salary hike have the opposite effect intended? Maybe when it pays next to nothing, we will get some people in office who aren't doing it for the money. Employers with tipped workers will have to pay $6 per hour beginning in May 2023, and $8 starting in July 2023. But politiciansnot market forcesare responsible for setting their own salary levels, one reason why the political labor market veers toward irrationality. All politicians should be paid minimum wage. It should be a commitment. The massive social imbalance of a previous era has been largely corrected. If this is your first time checking out a debate, here are some quick tips to help get you started: I think everyone should be able to live off of the least paying jobs we have. A job which always carries considerable responsibility and often involves genuinely arduous duties. Thus, politicians should be paid for their work. :). They are all part of the environment whether they reside on land or in water, Health is part of a nation's wealth "The rules say you've got to make this much more than the person who's entered.". If you want a more qualified and capable cal. People running for office must be able to think critically to come up with a solution when there is a problem. That 7.25 an hour here in SC. this is a good question, should ALL politicians be paid minimal wage? But now I'm confused by what you're trying to point out. To follow along, you may find it helpful to. To function well, democracy requires participation and therefore accessibility at all levels and in all its aspects. In fact, it may accomplish the opposite. You are right, they do it for the perks. A countrys political system reflects the peoples way of living. They obviously already had motivation to make change. business owners, lawyers, old pensioners, etc.) Till then, Ill collect as many adventures as possible. And in other roles where the pay is typically less than $15 per hour, such as . The case for paying health and social care workers a wage commensurate with the vital nature of the service they provide stands on its own merits. People living in areas where the state-level minimum wage is currently $12 or higher are more likely than others to say they favor a federal increase to $15 an hour. Most people will never see this kind of money over their entire lifetimes. This is a conditional yes. On one hand, that doubling increased the logarithm of the number of parties that field a candidate by 41% of a standard deviation, thereby providing the voters with a broader choice of political platforms, the researchers write. Doubling an MEPs salary decreased by 15% the chance that an MEP had attended a college ranked in the top 500 in the world. JavaScript is disabled. Politicians who work in parliament can get free food. explain your answer please. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. No matter what political position, they should be paid minimum wage. According to a study, raising politicians salaries is unlikely to result in better governance. For more information on how to use this in the classroom, please have a look at our detailed post on using free lesson plans. A majority of White supporters of a $15 federal minimum wage, by contrast, say Congress should work for an increase in the minimum wage even if it is less than $15 an hour. A narrow majority of these Americans (54%) say leaders should focus on passing an increase to the wage even if it may be significantly less than $15 an hour, while 43% say the priority should be to work to raise the hourly minimum wage to $15 even if no increase makes it into law this year.. Pedophiles were victims should we give them power? They may influence public opinion and the implementation of laws and policies. If you are ok with minimum wage caliber of candidates, ten sure, pay minimum wage. Lifelong campaigner for the restoration of Scotland's independence. I do still think that my salary change would work though. Related post: When it comes to raising the minimum wage, most of the action is in cities and states, not Congress. The government official released a permit without checking if that is safe for the residents living around the factory. Any article on this website may be republished in whole or part on condition only that Peter A Bell is acknowledged as the author and/or the source is identified as www.peterabell.scot.If you would like to make a donation to help with the running costs of this site, please click here. What should the maximum salary per year be for politicans? They do minimal work on purpose, they only ever fight for the people who pay them the most, they only do it for the paycheck and the pension, and they never feel any type of guilt about it. Just last year, after attending closed-door briefings regarding the economic fallout that would accompany the coronavirus, three of those assholes sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock before the market could crash. WEEEEEE need your help. They have a special role to make our society a better place to live in. CreateDebate is a social debate community built around ideas, discussion and democracy. It is not necessary to portray others as undeserving in order to enhance that case. And the erosion of the minimum wage has lowered pay and working standards for all of us." The government needs to host a website where anyone registered to run for office can have a page that explains all of their proposals. Jefferson Parish regularly offers its employees salary increases tied to performance. Answer: It can be. With New Orleans offering city workers a wage of at least $15 per hour, Jefferson Parish government is evaluating whether it needs to follow suit in order to remain competitive and help fill hundreds of vacancies in its workforce. The federal minimum wage is the absolute lowest hourly rate that can be paid to an employee in the United States. Im not so sure a lot of them get that. Politicians should get paid minimum wage. Thats why, since the last time this Congress raised the minimum wage, 19 states have chosen to bump theirs even higher. Force them to live off minimum wage and watch how many of the scum leave. Accept Cookies. A minimum wage of $4.25 per hour applies to young workers under the age of 20 during their first 90 consecutive calendar days of employment with an employer, as long as their work does not displace other workers. Absolutely. Local elected officials include the mayor and council members. It would cause inequality between politicians, which could cause all sorts of problems though. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. I'm saying that true motivation for change comes from something past profit, and can't be measured by paying these people minimum wage. It's time for members of Congress to act. with the raise of minimum wage, it won't exactly increase spending but just help with spending in very specific areas. That is why there are limits to the number of terms a person can serve. Black adults in particular stand out for their support: 89% favor raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, including 73% who support the idea strongly. Politicians are human too. Yet the minimum wage is not enough to realistically live on in this country. In addition, as a politician, you are always in the spotlight. They should be paid the median american salary. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Secondly, politicians generally set their own salaries. The parish would need to spend another $8.4 million to address the resulting wage compression among workers already making more than $15 per hour, The Archer Group estimated. Find out with our income calculator, Indias Sex Ratio at Birth Begins To Normalize. Everything you do, eyes are watching you. How easy would it be to corrupt the government then? According to reports, a man entered Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, south Essex, on Friday and attacked Amess while he was having surgery with residents. Anyways, I no longer think only raising the minimum wage is going to solve much by itself. That sounds like an easy way to increase corruption through bribery. all-in-all, i'd be president for free, as long as i get the chance to serve my fellow man and to try to make things better for all, not for the few As I recall the ancient Roman Consuls weren't paid. When you serve you term, you are suppose to step down to allow another person the chance to serve the country. Either that, or only those who are always wealthy become politicians. In order to secure a permit, the company offered the public official a huge amount of money in exchange for the permit. Politicians will raise the minimum wage to whatever they are comfortable being paid, how many people would lose their jobs if minimum wage was raised to $50/hr. I sure love being able to bribe a politician with a couple hundred bucks! About four-in-ten (38%) say they oppose the proposal, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted April 5-11. But since you like studies so much and not a debate on subjective shit, here's a study showing how people are more likely to donate their organs if they are offered money. Some of the best people I have had the honor of calling my friends were guys I met in the military. Each pay grade has its own salary range, and employees get paid, in part, based on how long they've been employed. The presidency is the highest elected position. They do it because they have to work and support their families, and most jobs will not pay you any more than that. "[Martin Luther King, Jr.] would want us to celebrate him, his birth and his legacy by acting upon his agenda, by realizing the dream, by making the minimum wage a living wage, by having not just family and medical leave, but paid sick leave for our workers, [and] by having quality, affordable child care so that our families, the power of women can be unleashed in our economy and in our society. Rep. Nancy Pelosi on the 50th Anniversary of MLKs I Have a Dream speech. Lower-income adults who favor a $15 minimum wage are divided on the better approach if there is inadequate support in Congress for the proposal this year: 49% say congressional leaders should prioritize any raise to the minimum that can happen this year, while an identical 49% share say leaders should continue working until they pass legislation raising the wage to $15 an hour. A $10-hour minimum wage boosts earnings by $4,000 a year and will put $2.6 billion dollars back into the hands of workers. California Assembly Speaker John Prez on the passage of a bill to increase Californias minimum wage, on Sept. 11, I want people to make a lot more than $9 $9 is not enough. It also reduced the likelihood that a candidate would quit before the end of the term. If they are getting paid for their work, that is one of their motivations to serve their people better even if they are in a difficult situation. Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World, When it comes to raising the minimum wage, most of the action is in cities and states, not Congress, Many U.S. workers are seeing bigger paychecks in pandemic era, but gains arent spread evenly, The U.S. differs from most other countries in how it sets its minimum wage, Most Americans support a $15 federal minimum wage, Two-thirds of Americans favor raising federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, Young adult households are earning more than most older Americans did at the same age. Among higher-income adults who support a $15 minimum wage, majorities say the priority for Congress should be to work to increase the minimum wage, even if the new wage is significantly less than $15 an hour. ESL Debates 2022 - All rights reserved. For instance, a large company wants to build a factory that produces harmful chemicals but needs a safety permit from the government. Those people that will hate the politicians will take them down verbally but others will physically attack them. If that is the case, politicians will be representative of those people in the upper class and leave poor people behind. Gov. If they are paid by the hour, maybe they will get in there as actually do some work. (+1) 202-857-8562 | Fax In our minds we have clear images of what a kindergarten teacher is like, and we have clear images of what a politician is like. User content, unless source quoted, licensed under a. I think its time that OUR ELECTED are paid what they think its ok to pay us. Should people be allowed to become millionaires? "No person in America can make it on $8, $10, or $12 an hour. No because then they will take even more bribes. Lastly, you have the problem of corruption. I think its time that OUR ELECTED are paid what they think its ok to pay us. Imagine if that process of making politics more accessible had started a hundred years earlier. 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