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First of all, it's perhaps obvious to everyone by now that these arguments are self-contradictory. The paradox goes like this:
If you didn't join politics for the pay, and you believe that politicians should not be joining politics for the pay, and you believe that the current pay revisions will not be overly detrimental in its impact, then why are you all so worried about the pay cuts?
Second, the arguments raised by Mr Lee and Ms Fu are typical slippery slope arguments, and - though unsaid - critical of the opposition:
If we make a cut today, the opposition will use it as a starting point to press for further cuts (and they will have public sentiment behind them), and by the next election, if the results are not favourable, more pay revisions will have to be made, so on and so forth, until the salaries are so low that it'll have an impact on the quality of talent in the country.
- http://thebluesweater.blogspot.com/...s.html#!/2012/01/peculiar-justifications.html
If you didn't join politics for the pay, and you believe that politicians should not be joining politics for the pay, and you believe that the current pay revisions will not be overly detrimental in its impact, then why are you all so worried about the pay cuts?
Second, the arguments raised by Mr Lee and Ms Fu are typical slippery slope arguments, and - though unsaid - critical of the opposition:
If we make a cut today, the opposition will use it as a starting point to press for further cuts (and they will have public sentiment behind them), and by the next election, if the results are not favourable, more pay revisions will have to be made, so on and so forth, until the salaries are so low that it'll have an impact on the quality of talent in the country.
- http://thebluesweater.blogspot.com/...s.html#!/2012/01/peculiar-justifications.html
