12-22-2008, 05:52 AM
Black Landlord wrote:
Yeah, I'm not with you there either wags.
A true public servant would be willing to sacrifice some degree of excess in order to serve. You seem to be justifying graft as a rational response to jealousy of the salaries of others.
I will agree that a few thousand a year to adjust for inflation is not enough to form a lynch mob about.
I'm not justifying it, just pointing it out. I pointed out several areas where I think public servants already make significant sacrifices to serve. I don't think they make a whole lot of money when compared to the private sector people in similar leadership positions. Here's the crux of my argument:
We need to attract the best and brightest into public service. If it helps to pay them commensurately then I'm for it.