Comments on: Politicians hope you don’t notice when their pay goes back to normal http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/politicians-hope-you-dont-notice-when-their-pay-goes-back-to-normal/ How to make, save and spend money in Japan. Tue, 21 May 2013 23:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jason http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/politicians-hope-you-dont-notice-when-their-pay-goes-back-to-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-77619 Jason Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:20:59 +0000 http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/?p=2921#comment-77619 This is all you need to know, right here: “Noda answered that the cabinet would continue with the 10 percent cut but said nothing about his own pay.”

It doesn’t take a genius to read between the lines on that one.

Thanks for helping to raise awareness on this important issue of political compensation.

]]> By: Philip Brasor & Masako Tsubuku http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/politicians-hope-you-dont-notice-when-their-pay-goes-back-to-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-65896 Philip Brasor & Masako Tsubuku Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:01:26 +0000 http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/?p=2921#comment-65896 Noda took over as prime minister in the middle of the month, and Eda wanted to point out that the personnel office had to calculate his extra pay for that month on a daily basis, thus stressing the fact that Noda was *not* turning it down.

]]> By: Miko http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/politicians-hope-you-dont-notice-when-their-pay-goes-back-to-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-65895 Miko Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:52:39 +0000 http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/?p=2921#comment-65895 “… prime minister’s allowance, calculated on a daily basis.” I’m sure I’m not the only one who snorted when I read that part.

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