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   JA Westenberg (daojoan@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 04:26:56 JST JA Westenberg

   I demand a reality show where politicians have to live on minimum wage for a month. 'Keeping Up with the Commoners.'

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 22:12:17 JST Rich Felker

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     • George Liquor, American
     • 🔥Cassandra🔥

     @Cassandra @liquor_american Ideal might actually be lifetime generous income that could be lost upon conviction for any corruption, combined with term limits. No monetary incentive to get reelected, strong incentive not to do corruption.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 22:12:18 JST Rich Felker

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     • George Liquor, American
     • 🔥Cassandra🔥

     @Cassandra @liquor_american They don't really have huge salaries in the big picture. The problem is conflicting goals. You want salary to be high enough that losing it for getting caught in corruption is a strong deterrent, but that holding on to it isn't an incentive to do favors for lobbyists who promise to get you reelected.

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     🔥Cassandra🔥 (cassandra@autistics.life)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 22:12:19 JST 🔥Cassandra🔥

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     • George Liquor, American

     @liquor_american

     Yeah, that's the argument current politicians make to justify giving themselves huge salaries with regular increases plus allowances, and it *still* doesn't stop them. So I don't think it's a good reason not to try it.

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     George Liquor, American (liquor_american@universeodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 22:12:20 JST George Liquor, American

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     • Rich Felker
     • 🔥Cassandra🔥

     @Cassandra @dalias @Daojoan As nice is that is to picture, what you'd really end up with are politicians who seek income from sources other than their official wage. Maybe from a local mafia don, maybe from a foreign nation's intelligence assets, etc, etc....

     Hell, they're *already* susceptible to that

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     🔥Cassandra🔥 (cassandra@autistics.life)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 22:12:21 JST 🔥Cassandra🔥

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     • Rich Felker

     @dalias @Daojoan

     Ooh, how about for the length of their term. You'd end up with politicians determined to actually improve things.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 22:12:22 JST Rich Felker

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     @Daojoan A month sounds like it wouldn't really work. Usually takes more than a month to get evicted, and if you're not paying for housing, minimum wage is vaguely livable. Maybe a year? 😈