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A lot of people are probably going to jump on the bandwagon and say that it's too much and that they're out of touch - just remember that the CEOs of big companies get millions of dollars per year for significantly less work and managing less stress. While we may not agree that these particular politicians particularly deserve this pay - I don't think it is unreasonable
I'm pretty sure the PM is getting about half the amount the VC at my university gets for a more important more stressful job, there's just the cynicism of people voting to increase their own income (which I'm sure my VC does too). I always feel like politician pay should be based on the median income (like, starting at 80% going up to 250%) adjusted yearly or something. Not much reasoning, just idle thought on that though.
That's always been my take. That way if they want a pay rise just improve things for everyone and they get one