Today is your day Boomer! Yesterday's blog had a focus on the cost of living going up. Today, I look at salaries of politicians. Elected officials in Ottawa got a 4% raise as of April 1; this includes the Prime Minister at over 400,000$, MPs at 203,000$, and the opposition leader at 300,000$, BC's premier sits at 227,000$ and MLAs at 120,000$. The highest mayor salary in BC is 183,000$ and highest councillor pay was 96,000$. These, of course, are all taxpayers' dollars...so the Canadian Taxpayers Association states that a recent survey found that 80% of Canadians believe politicians are overpaid. Now I will give you one comparison in the private sector....the lowest "entry level" contract in the NHL for a young player is about 800,000$...double the salary of Mr. Trudeau, a man who often works 70-80 hour weeks, a man who must deal daily with all levels of high-stress situations like COVID, the Ukraine War, the Carbon Tax, the huge debt, growing immigration and much, much more!! He is grossly underpaid in my opinion. Just look at his picture....every politician ages very quickly while in office and remember that every elected official is working for their community. Oh, by the way....do the math, what percentage of Canada's half-trillion budget is the PM's salary?! Have a good day Boomers...