# Maine's Governor Wants a Raise for His Successors; I say, "Halve it!"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maines-governor-wants-a-raise-for-his-successors-i-say-halve-it/752277>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 15, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maines-governor-wants-a-raise-for-his-successors-i-say-halve-it/752277 "2016-04-15T16:03:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maines-governor-wants-a-raise-for-his-successors-i-say-halve-it/752277/21 "2016-04-15T20:04:39Z")

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> [@yellowjacketcoder](#):
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> And if you’re term-limited? I don’t know if Maine term-limits their governors, but many states do. What’s the incentive to go above-and-beyond if “the bonus” isn’t available.

YMMV, but I feel that politicians are actually at their best in their ‘term-limited’ term, as they don’t have to care about re-election and therefore don’t have to worry about pandering to voters and can do things with a long run view in mind.

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**Author:** ![Stately\_Greek\_Automaton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Stately\_Greek\_Automaton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stately_Greek_Automaton)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maines-governor-wants-a-raise-for-his-successors-i-say-halve-it/752277/22 "2016-04-17T04:12:57Z")

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Why not peg it to a certain multiple of the minimum wage?

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**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maines-governor-wants-a-raise-for-his-successors-i-say-halve-it/752277/23 "2016-04-17T04:22:59Z")

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Sure, I’d go with 100,000 x minimum wage ETA: it would be interesting to set the multiple at 10% of the state population times the state minimum wage. That way the more complicated states would pay more and the higher cost of living States would also compensate higher.

The basic idea should be to make governor a job that people want to hold then the election could be a contest between the most capable people in the state.

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