Thanks Rob for your POV!

I want to stress it again - I don't think anyone is against paying the Devs. It is the lack of communication of, for example, what you wrote here and the surprise doubling of the rate that I and I think most people find irritating. When the Foundation was created it was decided that the community should decide over the funds, and a surprise poll is not the appropriate way for the biggest financial decision we ever made.

Maybe I myself are overrating that, but to my defense I want to say I have learned accounting and I am for several years the "eye of the basis" for finances in my states Pirate Party - controlling that only money gets paid that was decided on, no errors happening etc. If our treasurer had acted this way, he would have been shitstormed, to put it friendly ;)

Talking about your cap - that is more then 100K a month. Foundation has 11mill GRC. So at this rate it wont even be a year until it is dry. (currently 4500$)