Michael1942's Blog

The recent move of the State Legislators to take pay cuts and unpaid furlough days is a step in the right direction. The positions held by these officials was never meant to be a lifetime job. The reason many of them have remained in office is the laziness of the voters and only recently have the voters rose up to “say no more”. Those who feel they can’t live on 65 thousand dollars annually need to look at their constituents who live on 12 thousand annually and less. These legislators are the ones who should be targeted by their voting bloc for removal and get some one who can manage on the current salary. Do these erstwhile ladies and gentlemen understand that they work for the people and not for themselves and in that capacity have sworn to faithfully fulfill the duties of the office? These very legislators are the reason we need term limits as some members of the legislature have forgotten who put them in the office. I will cry no tears for folks who have become elitists while supposedly carrying the flag for the common man.