Can higher pay curb corruption?

Claire (Australia)

High salaries supposedly attract talents. But if a 'talent' is motivated by money, he is unlikely to be good for public office because a person attracted to a job by high salaries will put economic gains above everything else (citizens' interests included).

The fight against corruption lies not only in a "rigorous system of checks and balances that is not only implemented, but exercised constantly" but also avenues for people bringing such practices to light without fear or being intimidated.

A woman protests against President Dilma Rousseff's government on Paulista Avenue in So Paulo, Brazil on March 15, 2015. More than a million people marched to protest against the current government, many demanding the impeach of President Dilma Rousseff, and against the corruption schemes in the state-run oil company Petrobras, which are under investigation.