re: #67 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

We get the government we pay for

There was a referendum on the 2016 ballot here to raise state legislators’ pay, promoted not by legislators but by citizens who wanted to expand the pool of able politicians to run for office.

I stumped for the referendum locally, which passed in my township. Overall, it went down in flames (why are we paying those lazy no good &c &c).