Like, I think maybe we should pay politicians more, frankly, because it reduces the forcing function for graft. You know, I think maybe we should either pay politicians nothing or. Or maybe a lot more. Maybe counterintuitively, if politicians got paid a lot more, then they wouldn't feel like that. There's so much of a forcing function for them to accept corrupt money. Yeah, but the problem is if you paid them a lot more, they're still not going to make as much money as they would insider trading. But it's less of a forcing function. (1:18:07–1:18:22)
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Suggests that higher salaries for politicians might decrease their inclination to accept corrupt money.
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