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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:26am on 2008-10-29

"One of my longtime political beliefs has been that polticians should be paid their constituent's median income. Then they might have a clue about what we need." -- Will Shetterly ( [info] willshetterly), 2008-10-08

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posted by (anonymous) at 05:04am on 2008-10-29
Or they'd just start lying about what the median income is.

--Nancy Lebovitz
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posted by (anonymous) at 12:21pm on 2008-10-29
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Mmm. I'd argue for the least of median, mode, and mean. Otherwise, a good idea.
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posted by (anonymous) at 04:56pm on 2008-10-29
I dunno...do most politicians need their federal salaries? Most of them seem to be independently wealthy (how many lower/middle class folks can quit their job to go campaigning?)
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posted by (anonymous) at 09:43am on 2008-10-31
At the topmost federal level... very few. Some at the state level, and even more for local.
(My un-researched opinion, based on having know a few lower-level politicians).
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posted by [personal profile] jducoeur at 01:01pm on 2008-10-31
Hmm. Clever, but has the problem of encouraging the politicians and constituents to steal from people outside their area. (Which, I suppose, is a pretty good definition of earmarks...)
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