MadManMoon Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 MPs are considering giving themselves a salary increase. If you disagree with this please sign petition: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/44225 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I think MPs pay should be linked to the national average wage - that way, their pay would be linked to the prosperity of the country as a whole. There have been proposals to link it to certain professions but I don't think that would work - it might tempt them to produce policies that benefit those professions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchemist Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I think MPs pay should be linked to the national average wage - that way, their pay would be linked to the prosperity of the country as a whole. There have been proposals to link it to certain professions but I don't think that would work - it might tempt them to produce policies that benefit those professions. As long as they have the same qualifications as those professions and can prove that in an open market they could get a job in those professions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 It would be wrong at this time of austerity for politicians to recieve such a huge rise. But it wouldn't surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 As long as they have the same qualifications as those professions and can prove that in an open market they could get a job in those professions As I said, I don't think it should be linked to particular professions, it should be relative to the prosperity of the country as a whole. Doing so would remove arguments about whether MPs deserved a pay rise - if the country was doing well they would deserve a pay rise, if it's not, they wouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamf Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I think MPs pay should be linked to the national average wage - that way, their pay would be linked to the prosperity of the country as a whole. It needs to be linked to median pay, not mean (the usual kind of average). See How to Lie with Statistics for a good explanation of why. There have been proposals to link it to certain professions but I don't think that would work - it might tempt them to produce policies that benefit those professions. Excellent point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Sure, yeah. More holidays too, and increase their expenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Don't IPSA control salaries and expenses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francypants Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Duly signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Don't IPSA control salaries and expenses? Yes I think they do. But I don;t think they would be immune to the opinion of members of the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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