Thanks for posting this, I'm printing up the article. The thing is that there's a big chunk of people who either don't work at all, or work for very little. I think they should have looked at the MPs in the context of, for example, their education. I don't think their base salary is over-high. Not that that's a justification for just pocketing whatever you can on the side.
The research has always shown that the feeling of "poverty" is very relative. People in NYC on medium wages feel poor bc they are surrounded by ostentatious wealth. Same in London I suppose. I often feel hard-done-by at the moment, but I keep reminding myself that outside the City my comp would be generous. Now that the City isn't going to pay that well, I wonder if a lot of people will opt for other professions.
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Date: 2009-05-29 09:58 am (UTC)The research has always shown that the feeling of "poverty" is very relative. People in NYC on medium wages feel poor bc they are surrounded by ostentatious wealth. Same in London I suppose. I often feel hard-done-by at the moment, but I keep reminding myself that outside the City my comp would be generous. Now that the City isn't going to pay that well, I wonder if a lot of people will opt for other professions.