Did you think they were gonna stay away forever? They’re part-time legislators, they have jobs and homes and families.
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It’s not like they were out on the street, they were put up in hotels in Chicago with room service and wifi. I’ve certainly spent 6 month stretches in worse locales away from friends and family. If you’re not gonna go through with it, don’t bother, imo.
aug 18, 2025, 11:46 pm • 0 0 • view
So they should have just quit their jobs? Be serious.
aug 18, 2025, 11:48 pm • 0 0 • view
A huge problem with the whole “part time legislators who get paid peanuts” concept is that only the wealthy can afford to do it. A 9 to 5 where someone else sets your schedule is incompatible with being in a legislature that can get called at anytime. I doubt any would have to quit.
aug 18, 2025, 11:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Like Wisconsin’s, where elected office is fundamentally out of the question if your family relies on your professional salary to make ends meet. So you get a lot reps who are business owners, real estate, lawyers, nepo babies, or have situations where their spouse makes the bank. Sucks.
aug 19, 2025, 12:06 am • 0 0 • view