I guarantee you that a lot more people would be willing to put up with it for $10 million a year.

Ok, but society can't bear the cost of $10M garbage men, so either people will do it themselves or go without.

The same argument applies to any job: in most scenarios, it pays what it's worth to society at the market clearing price. The government can interfere via licensing, minimum wages, quotas, etc; but broadly the job pays what it's worth.

You would probably need to face voters questioning whether that's the best way to use their money.