I think Mr Lee still refuses to believe that brilliant people do not need to be paid tremendous amounts to serve. Even in the US, where CEO’s and Wall Street Bankers can earn tens or even hundreds of millions, there is no shortage of brilliant people who put aside their careers and join an Administration when called upon by a new President. There are also people who spend tens of millions of their own money to get elected as Senators, Mayors and Governors because they want to serve and to give back to the community. People like Michael Bloomberg, for instance.
Equally, there is also no basis to Mr Lee’s implication that talented private sector people who earn millions make the best ministers, and thus the country must pay huge amounts to lure them from the private sector. Indeed, there is even evidence that some brilliant private sector people who can earn tens or hundreds of millions in the private sector don’t do so well in the public sector. People like Henry Paulson or Paul O’Neill, for instance.
- http://politicalwritings.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/undying-beliefs-of-an-old-man/
Equally, there is also no basis to Mr Lee’s implication that talented private sector people who earn millions make the best ministers, and thus the country must pay huge amounts to lure them from the private sector. Indeed, there is even evidence that some brilliant private sector people who can earn tens or hundreds of millions in the private sector don’t do so well in the public sector. People like Henry Paulson or Paul O’Neill, for instance.
- http://politicalwritings.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/undying-beliefs-of-an-old-man/