wishful thinking

[cellio]

My state's government has partially shut down over a budget spat. "Non-essential" employees have been given the temporary boot, but the legislators and governor at the center of the problem are still getting paid. Instead, they should keep the workers and stop paying the politicians until it's fixed. Fast Eddie and the more-numerous-than-necessary-anyway legislators should suffer the consequences of their brinksmanship, but, sadly, it never works out that way.

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[nsingman.livejournal.com]

I first heard about this earlier today, and I'm actually surprised that the governor and legislators are still getting paid. I'm not surprised that they're keeping the slot machine casinos open. :-)

[cellio]

We're talking about many of the same people who were involved in a sleazy, probably-illegal pay grab last year. That they protected their own non-essential salaries and support infrastructure surprises me not at all. C'mon, turning off some of the lights in the governor's mansion? How about furloughing all the servants in and around that mansion instead? Let the governor cook his own meals, drive his own car (and pay for parking etc), answer his own mail, and so on... (And that times over 200 to include the legislators.)