By: Jon Caldara | Commentary, Complete Colorado
I am personally responsible for helping overpay socialists to make Colorado unaffordable, overregulated and one windstorm away from a power blackout. I failed you.
Colorado legislators already get automatic inflation raises. You know, just like your job (I’m assuming the sarcasm bled through that one).
No private-sector worker has that kind of protection forever. Even union jobs eventually meet reality. Ask Spirit Airlines employees.
And that’s the problem.
What happens when lawmakers no longer depend on the private sector for most of their livelihood? They stop understanding the people they supposedly represent. They get disconnected.
And has Colorado ever had more of a disconnected team of politicians?
Part-timers
It wasn’t that long ago legislators made around $17,000 for their 120 days of meddling under the Gold Dome. The idea was simple: take a few months away from your regular job to represent your community.
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