You do realize that state senators are paid by the state governments, don’t you?
And I think that if you were to reduce the salaries of the congressmen, U.S. senators, the president, etc., I think you would come up with a very small number in relationship to the overall budget.
it might be small, but its a start. if the top guys don’t cut their salaries, they have no moral authority to ask the bureaucrats to do so — the Irish premier etc took a cut voluntarily first. i’m not saying it will solve all our problems — its just a first step. THEN, cut the rest that paladin talked about