About this episode

The episode discusses the increasing disconnection of Colorado legislators from their constituents due to automatic pay raises and lack of private sector experience.

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. Back then, lawmakers lived in the same economy as the rest of us because they worked in it. Today legislators make more than $50,000 for their 120-day session, plus a hefty per diem ranging from $99 to $193 a day. That means many are pulling in at least $500 a day to…

People in this episode

Host: Independence Institute

Topics covered

• Colorado politics
• legislative pay
• government accountability
• inflation raises
• disconnection from constituents

Keywords

• Colorado
• legislators
• pay hikes
• inflation
• government
• politics
• disconnection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Independence Institute

Places: Colorado

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