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HOW TO SAVE CALIFORNIA - PAY THE STATE LEGISLATURE!

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Pay the State Legislators $300,000 per year, and give them each 10 Analysts paid 
$150,000-$200,000 discretionary, to hire the best.

The Assembly is currently 80 people paid $104,118/year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Assembly

The Senate is currently 40 people also paid $104,118/year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Senate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Legislature

If we pay the State Legislators and their Analysts, there is a 50/50 chance we 
will still get a bad government.  If we don't pay the State Legislators and their 
Analysts, there is 100% chance we will continue to get a bad government.

We don't want to pay too much or too little; rather, we want to pay right.

Intelligent people demand money for their credentials.  To hire intelligence to 
run our State, you must pay more money.  True professionals hope to earn up to 
$300,000 per year.

The Superintendent of your local school board is paid $250,000.  The chief of 
police is paid over $130,000.  College Professors at public Universities are paid 
over $150,000, UC Chancellors are paid even a little OVER $300,000.  The private 
sector pays the creme de la creme of doctors, lawyers and businessmen 
$250,000-$350,000.  On the other hand, there's almost no reason when hiring 
someone to pay them over $125 per hour, or $250,000 per year base salary.  Some 
Investment Bankers and Corporate lawyers work 80 hours per week, 9:00am-11:00pm 
(with a free dinner), and weekends less, to make up to $500,000 or a little more. 
The average major-city chief salary across the country was $193,692.  The annual 
salary of a U.S. District Court judge increased is $199,100.  A California 
Superior Court Judge's median wage is $176,000.  The District Attorney is paid 
$262,000.
If you want to know why are state is in the mess it is, look right at the State 
Legislature's pay.  You get what you pay for!  You get what you pay for!


See how much more your governmental leaders are being paid than your most 
important State Legislators:
http://transparentcalifornia.com/agencies/salaries/#counties

https://ballotpedia.org/California_state_government_salary

http://www.sco.ca.gov/eo_pressrel_15305.html


The job of a State Legislator or Senator should be considered one of the most 
important jobs in the State of California.  This is the State Government we're 
talking about.  It commits 90% of the governance and law enforcement of the state. 
  What's going on in politics in our nation is _not_ caused by Washington D.C!  It 
should be a full time job, and if there's nothing to do, find a problem, and fix 
it!  Lord knows there are plenty!  We have to make Politics a Profession!  We want 
to hire professionals to lead and run this state, and PhDs, J.D.'s and MBAs demand 
money for their credentials.  California should hold itself up to the lofty level 
that is required of it: to become the glorious State it can become, - to be a 
shinning becon of light unto the United States, and the World.

The population of the State of California is estimated by Wikipedia to be almost 
40 million.  This is the size of a small country.  As such, California should be 
run like a country.  It should have a stronger, more glorious Bill of Rights, and 
more Legislators and Senators.

We should craft a new and better Bill of Rights, to be said by school children, 
like the Pledge of Allegiance, and to be taken by cops, so that no new 
prohibitions may abridge it.

But we need to pay our Legislature, so we don't hire the Quacks, Mad Scientists, 
Muppets, PTA Bake Sale Mamas, and other Incompetent Idiots who destroy our State.


Paying the Legislators might not get us better service, but not paying the 
Legislators will ensure we won't get better service.  Paying is thus a 
prerequisite.  You will make nothing out of nothing.  You may make nothing out of 
something, but it's a prerequisite to have something to make something.  People 
have to worry about their own livelihoods - at the same time they give to others. 
Otherwise, only independently wealthy deca-millionaires may serve us.

Finally, if there some notion that people shouldn't be paid, then we should limit 
everyone's income, not just the State Legislator's.  Then we have to take into 
account capital savings.  We need capital savings for labor, and in that case, 
perhaps everyone needs to have a forced capital savings account only for 
investment or business.

Pay them $300,000, or else make it $200,000 or less for everyone in the country.


Increasing the size of the State Legislature is also a good idea.

At 80 Assemblymen, the California State Assembly is one Legislator for every 
500,000 Californians.
At 40 Senators, the State Senate is currently one Legislator for every 1,000,000 
Californians.

Two determine the number of Assemblymen and Senators, we have to balance two things:
1) Representation,
2) A Manageable Size to the body.
The Size of the U.S. House of Representatives was capped at 435, in 1911.  There 
are currently standing proposals to increase the size by an additional 100 or so 
U.S. Representatives, today.

In 1790, the first Census of the United States indicated 3,929,214 people.  In 
1791 the U.S. House of Representatives had 69 people in it, or one Representative 
for every 56,945 people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives

I believe the ideal number of people per representative to be somewhere between 
30,000-60,000 people per Representative.  But we have to balance that against a 
manageable body.  If we were to have 1 California State Legislator for every 
80,000 people, we would have a 500 person State Assembly, and this is my 
suggestion.  This could be allowed to grow with the State population perhaps up to 
a little over 600.  Eventually, we could have 650 State Assemblymen for 65,000,000 
Californians or 1 per every 100,000 Californians, and cap it at that, [or reduce 
that size if it became too unwieldy, to less than 600 or 500, as that may be too 
high.  Or let it grow to 800 for 100,000,000 Californians, and 1 per 125,000.]

I further suggest the State Senate to be increased to 200 total, not to be 
increased higher.
This would be one Senator for every 200,000 Californians.
[At 60,000,000 Californians one for every 300,000 Californians.
At 100,000,000 Californians, one for every 500,000 Californians... (perhaps 
increase to 400 and 1 for every 250,000(?))]

If we were to have one California State Legislator for every 40,000 people, we 
would have a 1,000 person State Assembly, which would be too many Assemblymen in 
my opinion.

If it gets to be too many constituents per either Assemblymember or Senator, the 
solution may be to have a cabinet of 10 men per Legislator, and the Legislator to 
be first among equals, or just first, - with all the cabinetmembers paid, and 
regarded, nearly as the Legislator.

To compare, to other States, the number of seats in the lower houses of U.S. State 
Legislatures varies from a high of 400 in New Hampshire to a low of 40 in Alaska. 
The table below lists the 10 states with the highest and lowest populations and 
the population per legislator. California has by far the largest population per 
district, New Hampshire the lowest:

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2013/12/31/business/31dec-economist-bartlett/31dec-economist-bartlett-blog480.png

The following chart from the National Conference of State Legislatures lists them all:

http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/2010-constituents-per-state-legislative-district.aspx

By comparison, the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington D.C. has 435 
members, while the U.S. Senate is 100 Senators for 325,000,000 Americans 
nationwide.  This is 1 per 747,426, and 1 per 3,250,000, respectively.

For comparison, the French Senate is 348, and the French National Assembly is 547:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Parliament
The population of France is 65,000,000, (on 248,573 square miles).
This is 1 per 186,781, and 1 per 118,829, respectively.

The comparison, the British House of Commons is 650 Members, and the British House 
of Lords is 805 Lords:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
The population of the U.K is also 65,000,000 (on 93,628 square miles).
This is 1 per 100,000, and 1 per 80,745, respectively.

I'm not suggesting we imitate our European allies, just throwing that comparison 
out there.

The population of California is 40,000,000 (2018 est.), (on 163,696 square miles).

Most of the 50 State Legislatures in The United States of America, are deplorably 
understaffed and underpaid.  The National Conference of State Legislatures reveals 
this clearly in the following webpage:

http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/full-and-part-time-legislatures.aspx

This is the true reason for the deplorable states of our Union.

If you scroll down and study the map and the pay, you will see how ridiculous the 
domestic governance of the United States is!  No one is doing *anything* for us! 
And yet we have the industrial capability to have a glorious country!

These Legislatures are forming the true Constitution of our country, the United 
States, with their every statute.  The State is responsible for 90% of the law 
enforcement and prisoners in each State.  And Governance!  How can we afford to 
have "part time" legislatures without staff members?!  Without staff members! 
Without State Legislatures, we have no country!

Without State Legislatures, we have no country!

http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/full-and-part-time-legislatures.aspx

Read it and weep!

http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/full-and-part-time-legislatures.aspx

Read it and weep!


Also, we are here to be lead and served, not ruled.  Everyone in office should 
affirm they are a here to lead and serve, and not rule us. They are a here to lead 
us to the Truth, and serve the Truth, and nothing more nor less.  We as citizens, 
and as voters, are here to do the same.

And the state needs to replace socialized impoverishment - prison, with socialized 
enrichment - education,(etc.)

In no particular order:
1. Sanitation - Running Water, Sewage, Trash pickup - in all cities and towns
2. Transportation to a degree
3. Education - Community College, Undergrad, Graduate
4. Menial Food - Corn Grits, Wheat, Rice, & +/Milk (possibly chicken) for Children
5. Health Care & Dental
6. Guaranteed Jobs at a minimum wage of 65% per capita GDP, cash paid daily.
7. Perhaps limited personal income to 4x-40x the minimum wage, above which all 
must be saved for capital (all above $125,000-$1,250,000) with carry 
forwards/carry backs.  Granted this might be a Federal, rather than a State issue.

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