Or, This is costing the taxpayers big money. How about the ubiquitous, They should all be fired. Of course, it doesn t matter. New Yorkers have become cynical and jaded. Politics is a dirty joke.
Legislators do almost anything they can to perpetuate their stay in office.
That s why we don t have a meaningful campaign finance bill in New York and why the Legislature is still not on television, no matter how much they protest that It s coming. It s also why term limits are so popular around the United States. Give people a chance to dislodge their politicians and they ll always vote for the plan, no matter how draconian. If we had a state-wide initiative and referendum system in New York, voters would pass term limits for legislators quicker than the mythical blink of an eye. Tenure for teachers is a good idea.