the jimmymac attack!

There's an old Woody Allen movie called "Bananas". In it Woody is the nerdy New Yorker who becomes the President of a tiny Central American country. When this happens he goes from a liberal, caring person to a dictatorial, arbitrary ruler over night. One of his new laws for the country is to have everyone wear their underwear on their heads.
So sometimes fiction is not far from the truth. What is it about politicians that makes them go wacko? Maybe it is the flunkies around them. Maybe it is the high pay and perks. Maybe it is the flexible hours where they can work or not work when they want.
This week in British Columbia the politicians made another unbelievable move. They gave themselves a 15% pay raise. And they try to sneak it in as if no one would notice! Inflation is at about 3%. They also just recently ruled striking teachers back to work and gave them a 0% pay raise. The teachers got zero, zero, zero. No raise, no nothing. Other workers have even had pay decreases! So how do the politicians get 15% ? That is the big question here now. Most people in B.C. are really upset. There's been many letters in the papers about it and I have not seen one on the politicians side. What were they thinking? Like in the Woody Allen movie they must lose their minds in those stuffy offices they occupy at taxpayers expense.
I think the only answer is to vote out all incumbents except those few who really show good leadership. Also they should not be allowed to vote for raises for themselves and raises should be no more than the rate of inflation. Then teachers and nurses and other workers should get the same raise the politicians get. Sounds fair to me.