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I agree with that, but I really doubt that the thing putting more low paid people off being an MP is the fact the pay is high, rather than all the other really obvious stresses, threats to personal safety, requirement for party political allegiance, etc.
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Obviously it's not the only thing, there's the lack of school contacts, lack of inherited wealth, no real route to the job in a bottom up sense, having to spend most of your effort eeking out a living, not owning an ill fitting suit and possessing morals, it's certainly a factor that encourages the fact it's a job for the"elite" though, one that I image would be easy to talk people round on, but also one I feel is unnecessary as I think MPs are already overpaid.
snottyotter
Support worker for people with learning disabilities and mental health needs is serious and demanding, much moreso than most people's work, they get paid fuck all. You advertise that job for £100k and people would assume it's a misprint or cabbage pickers getting £1000 an hour are all over the papers. What is valued with high wages isn't necessarily the hardest work, Low paid workers aren't less hard workers or under less stress, probably moreso, if from slightly different directions. People doing low paid jobs don't always have much in the way of progression out of them, and a step up from £16000 to £20k can seem like a lot, so wages up there at £80k and beyond can seem like they're for other people. I don't think that's right but it's the way you get treated and it becomes pretty ingrained and internalised, I'm glad you don't feel that way yourself.