Well, if you are looking for that idealistic driven politician who would stand up for the masses without any care for his own benefits, that politician was and will never be alive. Such is the world we live in, where money and power is the only prime dominators. Sad but true. Money is the prime motivator, power it's ally in this day and age. I say pay the rates the market demands, but if they cant produce the results their wages demands, of course questions will arise of their abilities to command such a high wage.