I have an attitude about government:
"and it is this: If your part-time citizen legislature is so busy that it's describing what it does as a full-time job, then it's doing too much.
If you want to maintain a part-time citizen legislature, then stop trying to micro-manage the state. Cut services; cut staff. (And no, I don't mean state police, or public health, or state parks, or other things that are often threatened when government faces drastic budget cuts. Cut the fat, not the meat; and don't tell me there isn't plenty of waste in our state government.) Force state government to properly account for itself. Property, income, and sales taxes: Pick one and get rid of the other two. And keep the one you pick set low. (Personally, I prefer sales tax, if we have to have a tax at all. Property tax means giving the state a lien on your property and income taxes means acting as corvée labor for the state x number of days a year. I'm not a slave — I'm a free man!, and my property belongs to me, not the state. I'm barely willing to give the state a nod when I buy something. Barely.)
In other words, stop being a burden on the citizens you claim to represent, and recognize that sometimes you just have to live within your means. And quit whining about it being a full-time job with part-time pay. You knew the job was dangerous when you took it."
A fun way to start some conversations about the state of our State. How small do you want your State government to be? Are you ready for State government to shrink like local governments are right now? Is there any way we can get the Federal government to do the same?
