We are not big fans of structure and bureaucracy and we are in favor of you getting whatever you can get for yourself. If you can get yourself an attractive compensation package, more power to you. It’s the American way

Salary is not always what it seems. A compensation package can be just the salary or can include any combination of benefits. The actual total value of a compensation package might be much more that just the salary by itself.

Collecting tax, sending it somewhere and then somewhere else and then giving it out in grants separates the source and recipient.

It often seems like a secondary issue, but spending money should not be outside the budget.