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Re:How to get rich without being lucky (2019) by sien on Saturday May 22, 2021 @06:30PM (#27250838)
Merkel $US 426K per year.

https://paywizard.org/salary/vip-check/angela-merkel

She's the Chancellor of a country with a multi-trillion dollar economy.

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Re:How to get rich without being lucky (2019) by 0xy on Sunday May 23, 2021 @04:11AM (#27253248)
Paying politicians this low begs for corruption and egotists drunk on power.
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Re:How to get rich without being lucky (2019) by burntoutfire on Sunday May 23, 2021 @07:08AM (#27254145)
Paying them millions begs for greedy bastards.
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Re:How to get rich without being lucky (2019) by 0xy on Sunday May 23, 2021 @11:57PM (#27260960)
Prominent politicians like George Bush, Obama, Hillary and Pelosi made almost all of their fortunes from "speaking fees", book sales, insider trading on stocks, etc.

If they were paid market rates, it would attract less of this corruption.

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