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Originally Posted by Colonel

Yep. That president is probably pretty well off and it won't hurt him ... or at least not be a tremendous sacrifice. But the little guy that is living paycheck to paycheck will suffer. (I'm assuming they will adjust more salaries than just the ones that are now higher than the president). So it is not really an unselfish act but a selfish, "hey look me at me! Ain't I great!" one. If he wanted to be unselfish he would pass a law that allowed his salary to be lower than others, at least temporarily.

I beg to differ.... As you know, there are a lot of overpaid political officials even in the US, and Bolivia is no different. And im sure he wont be cutting the salary of his secretary's secretary who barely makes enough money to scratch a living. Im sure it applies to those that are well off. And doing something about it is better than doing nothing. People should be in politics because they genuinely want to better the lives of the people which they represent, not because of the money.