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[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Back in the day, a salary for politicians was actually a huge left-wing policy priority because of this. Sure, anyone could be an MP in Victorian England, but only a lord could actually afford to sit in commons all day, and in some cases cover staff and travel expenses themselves. People fought hard for them to be implemented.

Whether 200k is too much is a question. It's not unreasonable given how elite a job we're talking about, but if they cut that in half would we start getting lots of corruption? I don't know.

High chance this is negligible compared to the national budget, though.

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