Give taxpayers a say on how much MPs are paid

john_key.jpgMP's pay should be fair

John Key says that he disagrees with the Remuneration Authority's decision to give backbench MP's a 5.5% hike in pay to $158,000. But he's been saying that each of the last four years there's been a hike.

Enough talk - time for action

Even with inflation running at close to zero,  backbench MPs got a $8,500 boost. We say its time for the Government to appoint a representative for taxpayers onto the Remuneration Authority to resist these enormous annual pay hikes.

Sign our petition asking John Key to appoint a representative for taxpayers' onto the Remuneration Authority.

395 signature
Goal: 500 signature

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  • Guy Pettingell
    signed 2015-02-27 10:46:26 +1300
  • Amandeep Singh
    signed 2015-02-27 09:22:16 +1300
  • Geoff Doyle
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  • Richard Flyger
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  • Crispin Caldicott
    signed 2015-02-27 08:20:35 +1300
  • Brendan Redmond
    signed 2015-02-27 08:02:02 +1300
  • Jo Holmes
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  • Michelle Turner
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  • Graeme Burgess
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  • Lindsay Muir
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  • Ken Tod
    @K1w127 tweeted link to this page. 2015-02-26 22:19:58 +1300
    Sign the petition: We pay taxes to pay MPs - so lets have a taxpayers' representative on the Remuneration Authority http://www.taxpayers.org.nz/petition_mp_pay?recruiter_id=3216
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  • Ken Tod
    posted about this on Facebook 2015-02-26 22:19:58 +1300
    Sign the petition: We pay taxes to pay MPs - so lets have a taxpayers' representative on the Remuneration Authority
  • Ken Tod
    signed 2015-02-26 22:19:22 +1300
  • Mike Butler
    signed via 2015-02-26 21:57:56 +1300
  • Max Shierlaw
    signed 2015-02-26 21:55:27 +1300
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  • Brian King
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  • Maddie Harris
    @MaddieHarris2 tweeted link to this page. 2015-02-26 21:40:43 +1300
    Sign the petition: We pay taxes to pay MPs - so lets have a taxpayers' representative on the Remuneration Authority http://www.taxpayers.org.nz/petition_mp_pay?recruiter_id=4054
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  • Maddie Harris
    posted about this on Facebook 2015-02-26 21:40:43 +1300
    Sign the petition: We pay taxes to pay MPs - so lets have a taxpayers' representative on the Remuneration Authority
  • Maddie Harris
    signed 2015-02-26 21:39:48 +1300
  • Alfred Vergottini
    signed 2015-02-26 21:37:26 +1300
  • Peter Leong
    signed 2015-02-26 21:31:38 +1300
  • Jo Chapman
    signed 2015-02-26 21:29:39 +1300
  • Layne Osborne
    signed 2015-02-26 21:25:27 +1300
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