LETTER: MPs should accept a pay freeze during the pandemic
Politicians’ salaries come from taxpayers, and tax income is dropping as unemployment rises
15 December 2020 - 11:56
People suffering pay cuts, or losing their jobs, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and measures governments impose on economies to control its spread, find it less than fair that politicians and public servants, including those at local and provincial level, should continue to enjoy pay increases.
They know that every cent of those salaries comes from taxes. If the tax-take drops, as it has, surely salaries paid from it should drop too — or at least stand still — until the economy recovers?..
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