Do Stephen Harper and Barrack Obama Get Paid Fairly?

Hi All,

I want your opinion!

Recently, the money paid to Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper was disclosed in the media. In total, he makes $315,462, split evenly between a Basic Sessional Indemnity + his salary.

The supporting reference can be found here: http://money.ca.msn.com/savings-debt/gallery/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=23577097&page=1

Similarly, Barrack Obama appears to make $400,000 with a $50,000 expense account.

The supporting reference for this figure is as follows: http://www.zimbio.com/India/articles/1078/Salary+President+Obama+Lesser+corporate+Executives

So, my learned friends, my question for you is as follows. Do you think that this level of compensation is fair for what they are expected to do - namely lead countries with populations on the order of ~33 million and ~310 million, respectively.

The question brings into play many factors including, public/private sector parity, careers before and after office, etc., so feel free to use whatever rationale you feel relevant to form your opinion.

To best collect the information, I will be pointing you to a survey so that I can easily compile the results and share them with the group at large afterward. So, please visit the following URL and answer the questions you will find there - thanks kindly in advance.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BW6WVHB

The link will be active until the end of March and soon thereafter I will compile the results.