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By anonimouse (Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 07:56:58 AM EST) trolling, law (all tags)

Is this a good salary? ($246,000 at current exchange rates)

Earning poll.

I think I am being trolled..

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Poll

£123,300 == good salary??

-	a mere pittance	2%
-	About Average	4%
-	Quite Good I suppose	2%
-	Good	2%
-	Great	20%
-	Yes	2%
-	Hell Yes	40%
-	Who do I have to kill to get this?	22%
-	=============	4%
-	My earnings are (select one):	10%
-	=============	4%
-	Unemployed	4%
-	<£15,000 ($30k)	4%
-	<£25,000 ($50k)	20%
-	<£40,000 ($80k)	24%
-	<£60,000 ($120k)	32%
-	<£80,000 ($160k)	6%
-	<£100,000 ($200k)	2%
-	<£150,000 ($300k)	6%
-	<£200,000 ($500k)	2%
-	<£500,000 ($1Mill)	2%
-	<£1,000,000 ($2Mill)	2%
-	Shedloads!!	0%
-	None of your d**n business	8%

Votes: 49
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That's more than twice msrat's and my salaries by greyrat (4.00 / 1) #1 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 08:07:51 AM EST

combined. And we're not doing too bad financially (although I wonder sometimes) for our region of 'Merka. So, who do I need to blow to get a salary like that?

And yes, you're buying everything when we meet.
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There is absolutely no correlation or causation amongst intelligence, power, talent and wealth.
Kha-Nyou

: Its not my salary by anonimouse (2.00 / 0) #2 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 08:18:22 AM EST

Unfortunately, so I'm not buying everything, just the first round. As mentioned before, mine is comfortably above average, but is about half of this.₁
I just think the magistrate on the blog is trolling when he mentions that the guy is doing a public service by accepting his income will be cut to a mere pittance of his barrister's income.
_{It was closer, but Gordon Brown has closed all the tax avoidance opportunities.}
Girls come and go but a mortgage is for 25 years -- JtL
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Judges by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #3 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 08:18:45 AM EST

have traditionally been the highest-paid civil servants -- higher even than the PM at senior scales -- the rationale being that this is to put them beyond the temptations of bribery.

It's a good wheeze.

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Done.

It's a really good wheeze by anonimouse (2.00 / 0) #4 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 08:44:54 AM EST

Normally the US leads on pay, but UK judges get about 50-100% more than their USian brethren.

Girls come and go but a mortgage is for 25 years -- JtL
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Not in public sector by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #5 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 08:58:04 AM EST

Our doctors are as well off as in the US, our nurses are richer and our teachers are richer.

Of course, per capita, we'll spend a lot less on judges, with quite a lot more emphasis on arbitration and regulation for legal disputes, and most crime being tried in magistrates courts.

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In many parts of the US by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #6 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 09:15:20 AM EST

Judges are elected. In Pennsyltucky, where I live, they make the same as state representatives (i.e., our state congressmen) - which is still half what he's making, IIRC.

Heck, IIRC, it's a lot more than our national Congresscritters earn.

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Has anybody seen my clue? I know I had it when I came in here.
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US salaries have sunk by anonimouse (2.00 / 0) #7 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 09:32:49 AM EST

as a result of the exchange rate heading south. The $:£ rate was about 1.40:1.00; it's now 2.00:1.00, making our earnings look good in dollar terms.

Girls come and go but a mortgage is for 25 years -- JtL
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: True but by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #12 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 11:26:35 AM EST

it's been 2:1, or even higher, many times before in my lifetime.

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Has anybody seen my clue? I know I had it when I came in here.
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But is he allowed to take bribes? <NT> by wumpus (2.00 / 0) #18 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 06:48:41 PM EST

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judge income by clover kicker (2.00 / 0) #9 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 10:14:45 AM EST

Just remember these guys were all successful lawyers before they became judges. How much do you think they make while lawyering?

Becoming a judge requires a pay cut, which is balanced with prestige, better work hours and maybe even a sense of civic duty.

But all the robes and wigs in the world won't entice a qualified lawyer to work for $100k.

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Five times as much as I earn by nebbish (4.00 / 3) #8 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 09:33:03 AM EST

Shit, give me a hammer and a wig and just watch me bang 'em up.

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: Seven. by greyrat (4.00 / 1) #11 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 10:32:09 AM EST

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There is absolutely no correlation or causation amongst intelligence, power, talent and wealth.
Kha-Nyou
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hell yeah by webwench (4.00 / 2) #10 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 10:23:19 AM EST

So, going into drug dealing, or pimping, or what?

^{Getting more attention than you since 1998.}

Are you looking for a pimp? [nt] by debacle (2.00 / 0) #13 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 01:04:58 PM EST

"I'm very responsive to certain stimuli, and pain is pretty much at the top of that list." - BadDoggie

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: I already have a pimp by webwench (4.00 / 3) #16 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 02:40:17 PM EST

except, in polite society we actually call them employers.

^{Getting more attention than you since 1998.}
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It depends by ShadowNode (2.00 / 0) #14 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 01:52:58 PM EST

How much could he be making in private practise?

A judge deserves the money more by jump the ladder (4.00 / 1) #15 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 02:25:33 PM EST

Than most of the even more highly paid wankers I work with in the City Of London. So he's on a middling wage in an investment bank.

Thoreau suggested that we are rich based on what by FourteenNineteen (4.00 / 1) #17 Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 02:52:26 PM EST

we can do without. I suppose it might not be so bad to make that much money as long as you weren't then obligated to spend it anywhere.

You might find yourself unable to live without your newly acquired things and become quite poor as a result.

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