Essay by Phil Doe
Politics – January 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine
IF YOU GAVE SOMEONE $158,100 a year with automatic increases regardless of the job done, an expense account of up to $3,000,000, a gold-plated health insurance policy that most working stiffs can only dream of, then topped it off with a diamond-studded tiara of a retirement system which allows up to 80 percent of working salary at retirement — wouldn’t you think that person would feel some sense of obligation? Forget about it.