[Publius6961]

I want to be represented in the legislature by someone competent, not the bottom of the barrel ego-monger. Drop the salaries below competitive wages and you'll get the latter, while leaving legislators more susceptible to corruption and ceding their responsibilities to an overbearing executive branch and lobbyists.

Sorry, I ain't buying that.
If that argument were rational, we would be producing the most efficient cars in the world at the lowest price. How is that working out?

And then the obvious... how about the financial giants who are no longer with us whose executives made tens of million annually? How did that work out?

Lets not get silly here.

[calcowgirl]

I’m not getting your analogy, at all. There is no comparison to automakers who have been regulated out of business.