▲ 381 ▼ Entire police department in Minnesota resigns (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 3 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 116 comments fedilink hide all child comments The Goodhue Police Department resigned due to issues with the city's pay, Mayor Ellen Anderson Buck said at a city council meeting Monday.
[–] deft@ttrpg.network 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) unfortunately same with politicians permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago (3 children) Politicians should have the same income as they did before becominh politicians This means they to get out and get a real job before going into politics. Seeing how things work.preventing dumb career politicians from having no clue how people live. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 years ago A lot of them come from money'd backgrounds. Would be easy to just get hired on a high salary from their own company or a family members company. Heck companies could use that to lobby even harder. Hire them on for a year at super high rate and then they get them in politics. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ghostofjohnnycache@feddit.de 3 points 3 years ago Or maybe the income for politicians should be on-par with any other civil servant. Post workers, trash collection truck drivers, state court clerks, natural park management, it's all civil services. They argue that being a politician requires having tons of connections and being a "people-person," but that's only because they've made it that way over the past 50 or so years. There's nothing about being a politician that is so essentially different than any other way to serve a government or to help a government serve its people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Politicians should have their assets placed in a trust for the duration of their term, to encourage them to not run repeated terms. Then the politician should have to live on the median income for their district - to encourage them to improve the entire district and not just their own interests. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago (3 children) Politicians should have the same income as they did before becominh politicians This means they to get out and get a real job before going into politics. Seeing how things work.preventing dumb career politicians from having no clue how people live. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 years ago A lot of them come from money'd backgrounds. Would be easy to just get hired on a high salary from their own company or a family members company. Heck companies could use that to lobby even harder. Hire them on for a year at super high rate and then they get them in politics. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ghostofjohnnycache@feddit.de 3 points 3 years ago Or maybe the income for politicians should be on-par with any other civil servant. Post workers, trash collection truck drivers, state court clerks, natural park management, it's all civil services. They argue that being a politician requires having tons of connections and being a "people-person," but that's only because they've made it that way over the past 50 or so years. There's nothing about being a politician that is so essentially different than any other way to serve a government or to help a government serve its people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Politicians should have their assets placed in a trust for the duration of their term, to encourage them to not run repeated terms. Then the politician should have to live on the median income for their district - to encourage them to improve the entire district and not just their own interests. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 years ago A lot of them come from money'd backgrounds. Would be easy to just get hired on a high salary from their own company or a family members company. Heck companies could use that to lobby even harder. Hire them on for a year at super high rate and then they get them in politics. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ghostofjohnnycache@feddit.de 3 points 3 years ago Or maybe the income for politicians should be on-par with any other civil servant. Post workers, trash collection truck drivers, state court clerks, natural park management, it's all civil services. They argue that being a politician requires having tons of connections and being a "people-person," but that's only because they've made it that way over the past 50 or so years. There's nothing about being a politician that is so essentially different than any other way to serve a government or to help a government serve its people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Politicians should have their assets placed in a trust for the duration of their term, to encourage them to not run repeated terms. Then the politician should have to live on the median income for their district - to encourage them to improve the entire district and not just their own interests. permalink fedilink source parent