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    Letter from Bermuda: Rewarding abject incompetence & rampant corruption

    A review has concluded that Bermuda’s politicians should be rewarded on a par with their commercial counterparts. Under proposals that will become law, parliamentary salaries will rise by as much as 90 percent.
    Premier Alex Scott’s pay should be increased to $200,000 a year, from the present $120,000, the report said. Minister of Finance Paula Cox should be paid $170,000 as a full-timer, or $120,000 as a part-timer. She currently earns $95,286. The pay for being Deputy Premier, currently Dr. Ewart Brown, should increase to $162,000 as a full-time Minister, or $112,000 as a part-timer. Dr. Brown is now paid $88,713.