Somehow I don’t think paying them more is going to be a very popular idea among the citizenry.
After all, how much do you have to pay the world's richest man to keep things above board, I wonder?
George Washington was paid 4x Trump, I believe.
In the context of corruption cleanup, I think people understand that paying people well avoids corruption. Mexican cops, that sort of thing.
Yes, not popular, but important.