$120k stipend for apostles/GAs

[MikeWaters]

There was an article in SLtrib about this yesterday, regarding report from Mormonleaks website.

If I understood the statement correctly, there is a uniform stipend for all full-time GAs, and it's not step-based on "rank".

Of course, some are indignant. Primarily those who were already indignant prior to knowing anything about the topic.

I wonder what number might be the "just right" number that is enough money but gives people satisfaction that they are living in a sufficiently humble manner.

Jan Shipps points out that the average Methodist minister in the midwest makes $138k per year. That surprises me somewhat as I think of the Methodists as progressing rapidly to being out of business.

There is the issue of transparency, and to what degree should the finances of the church be transparent to its members.

The church says that the stipends/salaries don't come from tithing, but rather from the church's investments. That's a distinction that seems to matter very little to me.

And we know that the church has moved away from having their GAs on corporate boards. Good idea, as I think this sends the wrong message. That money and hobnobbing is more important than religious work.