Sachinism Posted July 6, 2010 Posted July 6, 2010 ON MONDAY July 5th Raila Odinga, Kenya's prime minister, rejected the pay increase he was awarded by the country's parliament last week. MPs had granted Mr Odinga a rise to nearly $430,000 a year, while giving themselves a 25% increase to $161,000. This boost would place Mr Odinga among the highest-paid political leaders in the world. More worryingly, his salary would be some 240 times greater than the country's GDP per person (measured on a purchasing-power parity basis). Lee Hsien Loong, the prime minister of Singapore, tops our list of selected leaders' salaries. He is paid more than 40 times the city-state’s GDP per person. At the other end of the scale, Manmohan Singh, the prime minister of India, reaffirms his reputation for saintliness by taking a modest sum from Indian taxpayers.
Clarke Posted July 6, 2010 Posted July 6, 2010 Salary is the lowest order variable in the equation, expenses can be many orders higher. Money laundering, lets not get there.
bharathh Posted July 6, 2010 Posted July 6, 2010 I wonder what the ratio of the Indian politicians would be if black money and money extorted from the country's coffers were to be taken into account. I bet Sharad Pawar is unofficially the richest man in the world.
Sachinism Posted July 7, 2010 Author Posted July 7, 2010 If the PM is getting such a low salary, would that mean most of the ministers get even less and eventually get corrupted?
Roshanrocks Posted July 7, 2010 Posted July 7, 2010 If the PM is getting such a low salary' date=' would that mean most of the ministers get even less and eventually get corrupted?[/quote'] corruption doesnt depend on salary. Corrupt people will earn money corruptly irrespective of how much salary they earn. Greed has no limits
Clarke Posted July 7, 2010 Posted July 7, 2010 If the PM is getting such a low salary' date=' would that mean most of the ministers get even less and eventually get corrupted?[/quote'] I repeat, look at the expenses that are officially covered for the netas. Their entire salary is prolly for their FDs. Being 4m UK, u should know better :tounge_smile:
Ram Posted July 7, 2010 Posted July 7, 2010 Lol, in India, even a local city councilor swindles lakhs worth of cash. Imagine the kind of corruption that goes at the MLA/MP/State Minister/CM/Central level. The Karunanidhi family’s DECLARED assets alone run into half a billion dollars, imagine how much he would have stashed otherwise. Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh is known to have 1000s of crores locked away in secretive Swiss bank accounts. The less said about guys like Laloo, the better.
achilles Posted July 7, 2010 Posted July 7, 2010 I am shocked at seeing the kind of mess Kenya finds itself in. And India being at the bottom of this list is thanks to no survey being done on money earned from undisclosed sources.
Gunner_Mania Posted July 7, 2010 Posted July 7, 2010 I repeat, look at the expenses that are officially covered for the netas. Their entire salary is prolly for their FDs. Being 4m UK, u should know better :tounge_smile: Thats a good one:cantstop:
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