The Prime Minister's Family's Volt Account: For a change, it's not the money - Walla! Of money

2022-04-28T07:23:25.819Z

What closes with those who claim that withholding exorbitant conditions from the prime minister will lead to only the rich being able to serve in the post?

The Prime Minister's Family's Volt Account: For a change, it's not the money

Into the public debate, which is important in itself, around the expenses of the prime minister's family and other elected officials, a particularly strange voice has infiltrated - claiming that withholding exorbitant conditions from the prime minister will lead to only the rich being able to serve.

is that so?

Nir Kipnis

28/04/2022

Thursday, 28 April 2022, 09:29 Updated: 10:12

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A lot of righteousness has crept into the words spoken about exposing the Bennett family's food expense account.

But unlike the two usual voices we are used to listening to in such cases: Bibi only people who believe that any expense is allowed to the King of Israel - a title that only Bennett managed to snatch for a short time, and only non-Bibi people who are sure Bennett should not be visited As the person responsible for each problem - for these two, the first and second voices of the media discourse, a new voice infiltrated this time: a purifier, a more sophisticated supporter of one of the above two voices - and for sure, demagogues, if not complete idiots.

Focusing on the claims of the new current, they are now summarizing that when the prime minister knows that some of the benefits he is given with the job may be taken from him (or at least withstand harsh public criticism), it will keep those out of reach from running for office.

"From now on only the rich will be able to be prime ministers here!"

Cried the protesters.

is that so?

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Let's get started and the facts: The salary of a prime minister in Israel is about NIS 50,000 a month.

Even before we get to the household and family expenses, the prime minister has additional benefits in the form of full funding of all the expenses related to his work, including transportation, communications and more.

At the same time, he may also benefit from other budgets, for example by virtue of being a member of the Knesset and more.

Some of the conditions will be available to him for life.

Now is the time to remind readers that the discussion dealt with the direct expenses of the prime minister's family, not as part of fulfilling her role: supermarket, deli, deliveries and more (somewhat reminiscent of the "five-course meal" affair in his predecessor).

Now, excuse me for the cheeky question, but how much do you bring home each month?

Without waiting for an answer, I assume that most esteemed readers (and in this case the writer as well) earn less.

I do not even have to make an effort to know.

The average wage in the economy is between 11 and 12 thousand shekels gross per month, without any reimbursement of expenses.

Even if your professional destiny has improved and you are employed by one of the high-tech companies, the average salary there is barely 25,000 shekels, half the monthly salary of those who are engaged in art: MKs, ministers and of course - prime ministers in Israel (who enjoy a benefits package, including such That

we, who about 99% of us earn less than the prime minister, do not pay ourselves for the shopping in the supermarket or for the pizza and sushi we allow children to order from time to time?

How

was this nonsense born that an Israeli prime minister is entitled to ?

For full financing of his family expenses, even those that have nothing to do with fulfilling his public role?

David Ben Gurion.

Prime ministers are not expected to be ascetic, but why, even with a "modest" salary of 50,000 a month, do I have to pay for their children's pizza? (Photo: Walla! NEWS, P. Goldman)

There should be no Begin or Ben-Gurion

Moreover - even when looking at the list of prime ministers in the past, it is difficult not to divide it into two main camps: Ben Gurion in the hut, Golda in the kitchenette, Begin in his modest apartment and others - idealists who were not interested in money at all, and those who knew how to make their home Businesses, accumulation of property, pensions of generals in the Res. And more: Rabin, Netanyahu, Barak, Sharon and Olmert.

God forbid I demand from the elected representatives of this generation the Ben-Gurion or Begin asceticism, on the contrary - that they make their home and succeed, but the thought that their willingness to serve in a high position is related to identifying the factor that will pay for the cottage and eggs in the refrigerator or pizza. ".

In any case, it is worth mentioning that in order to win primaries or form a party and be elected prime minister, one must at least have access to multiple means, whether from personal capital or donations.

It is of course possible to debate whether a prime minister in Israel should earn a million shekels a month or not even one shekel (there are good reasons for both), but what is certain is that his salary is not an indication of his identity.

Your child, who learned to work for his money, may be the messenger of the pizza that some of the elected officials eat at his expense (photo illustration) (Photo: ShutterStock)

Who pays for your kids' pizza?

And now, something to the point: even if a double salary is set for the prime minister than he is today, let's say NIS 100,000 a month.

One should stop with the lost custom of financing his family expenses, certainly when he calls on the citizens of Israel to tighten their belts, while his refrigerator fills up by itself.

If he is extremely rich like Barak, Bennett or Netanyahu - he can certainly take care of it from his personal fortune.

Even if not - a salary of NIS 50,000 per month should definitely be enough for him.

Fact: Most of us do this for less than half the salary.

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