• New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces 12-month pay freeze for MPs
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Meanwhile... http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-20/new-zealand-pm-jacinda-ardern-costs-herself-13000-pay-rise/10143712 God, this makes Trumble's decision look even shittier.
She can't simultaneously deny pay increases to public sector employees while also allow herself a 3% pay raise.
Politican's wages growth (and decline) should match GDP.
Can you point to where in the story it says that happened? Because in the story I read, she DIDN'T give herself a pay raise.
A salary freeze would be the last thing you'd see in the US. They would collapse the entire government before they allow us to lower their pay.
She a cool PM. You Kiwi's are lucky.
thank god that bad reading is back
I doubt there are many politicians out there who are deserving of the money they already make from their careers, let alone an increase.
Were not seeing miracles happen, but I'm glad labour got in. Their hearts are in the right place.
Gotta bring back smartness. Maybe not for Polidicks but goddamn that would come in handy
That would incentivize increasing GDP at the expense of everything else a government should do. Then you end up as the US.
GDP isn't really a good measure of average quality of life though, it should really scale with something derived with HDI or Gini
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