But if, as Mr. Cutler believes, heftier wages will lure better people into government, then we should give it serious consideration.

The relatively high wages lured many educated Jamaicans there.

Normally, they raise wages to lure people who would not otherwise be willing to take these jobs.

Pay should be climbing faster and faster as the unemployment rate falls and companies raise wages to lure new workers or to retain the ones they have.

In Central Europe, for instance, growth rates are far greater than those of the much richer countries of the west, yet higher wages still lure Central Europeans to countries like Germany, France, Britain and Ireland.

In the last few decades, favorable wages and tax benefits have lured foreign companies to invest heavily in the area.

Long before anyone came up with the term Sun Belt, the South's low wages and nonunion environment lured businesses, and its warm weather, low living costs and relaxed pace attracted migrants.

Even high wages can't lure many women to this most essential trade.