for goodness sake, the current payscale is already 7 figures,
how much more do you need to be worth their while? as a govt, your
priority is to serve, not to enrich yourselves. in developed
countries, those who enter into politics are already earning good
pay, you don't hear them whining about lower wages as politicians.
the problem here is that political repression makes people,
including those with talent unwilling to risk what they already
have. unlike democratic and developed societies, politics is the
right of every individual, not just a handful.