I know! 
Its funny I often here different professions (politicans, teachers, guards) here in Ireland saying ‘Oh we need to attract a higher calibre of person, more intelligent and more educated’ etc., etc. and the next argument is … ‘and we need to pay them better’ … as though money is always the answer … is it?
It will become a self-fulfilling prophesy if you always look to the outside and not to improvement from within. Rather than: “We need new people”, what about: We need more opportunities for our people to better their abilities."
Look at Aspire to see the mercinarys at work and they are paid very well but from what I have heard mostly don’t care about the job they do. If people move because of money they will move again because of money.