To Serve or Not to Serve.

A consistent theme in the revised Ministerial Pay review is Pay high or loose Talent. We can buy administrative talent but political talent I am not sure. They are two different skill sets. One is working for Salary;one is working for a Cause. One has obedience and self,the other is about passion and public service. In schools,we were taught Service before Self. …This is an important ethos of character building. However this over emphasis on using money as an incentive goes against all that. We must bring back the public spirit of serving as our First Call and not be constantly swayed that Money in Politics will attract talent. The review committee was tasked to review the former committee’s rational for the level of salaries for the President and office holders. The fact that the committee has not deviated from using the top private sector earners as a reference tells me the formula was only tweaked. Lets follow the debate in Parliament and I will share more comments.