california budget

again, they're on the verge of sending out IOUs to their creditors here in the state of california. meanwhile, they continue to slash services and funding all across the board, but disproportionately on the poor than the rich. and the legislature is insisting they know what we the people want, but that is seeming less and less true every day. here's a concept that works: the legislature goes ahead and works without pay for at least a year. not just long enough to get the budget balanced again, but to also make sure that the new balanced budget is actually working. then afterwards, their pay needn't be three times the state average. bring it in line with something more reasonable, like say ~$80,000/year at the most. most of them are also professionals as well so it's not as if they'll exactly be paupers all of a sudden if they don't get their state checks.