I want to be making some money for my time just like everyone else who is there except the defendant. We definitely would have a lot more out of court settlements & less BS lawsuits if the loser had to pay the jury for it's time. And just maybe if that were the way it is, we wouldn't have such a police state wasting tax money on police,judges, jailers, prosecutors, court clerks, etc. for minor behavior violations like marijuana sales & possession, etc. ( I know they don't have jury trials) & maybe prosecutors would be more inclined to plea bargain rather than prosecute if the defendants started asking for jury trials in those cases & the government would be paying wages to jurors. I'm sure the budget would have room to pay jurors to prosecute real criminals with the huge savings from less arrests & trials combined with lower government staff levels & benefits more in line with the public sector. Or how about judges & top officials simply making less money & the jury more? If they don't like, they can always join the rest of us in the private sector.