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Article #1560Re: Nut in the Statehouse
From: Don Homuth
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:19
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:19
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On 27 Jul 2006 13:16:28 -0700, "lein" <boomer_the_cat@my-deja.com> wrote: > >Don Homuth wrote: >> Better idea is to pay legislators better, so as to attract a higher >> quality of legislator. > >Why do you think it would attract a higher quality of legislature? Because there are some otherwise well-motivated folks who might run, were the pay sufficient to handle their family obligations. > Do States which pay their legislators better get better performances? There was a study done a decade or so ago that suggested precisely that. Sorry -- it was in one of the PoliSci journals, and I no longer have my collection. >Would the pay raise apply to existing legislatures or only newly >elected ones? Do try to get the terminology correct: Legislator -- the individuals elected Legislature -- the body in which legislators serve That would depend entirely on the specific statutory or constitutional provision governing such things. As a general rule, it applies only for those elected After the pay raise is approved in state legislatures.
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