Microsoft quietly supported legislation to make it easier to fix devices

Re:Microsoft quietly supported legislation to make it easier... by smeej on Sunday April 30, 2023 @05:19PM (#35766721)

In New Hampshire, state reps and senators are paid only $200 per two-year term.[0] There are also more reps (total, not per capita) than in any other state. Reps end up representing <4,000 people on average--a number someone can actually represent.

And they have to consider every proposal.

You know what the most common decision is? "ITL," or "inexpedient to legislate." In most cases, no, there really shouldn't be a law.

Is it the best system out there? Probably not, but it certainly solves some of the commonest problems.

[0] https://www.vnews.com/Upper-Valley-state-legislators-push-fo...

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Re:Microsoft quietly supported legislation to make it easier... by fn-mote on Sunday April 30, 2023 @05:30PM (#35766795)

Requiring politicians to be (essentially) volunteers does NOT insulate the system from corruption. It also seems likely to guarantee well-off people will become members, but perhaps that's not a change from what you see elsewhere in the country.

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Re:Microsoft quietly supported legislation to make it easier... by smeej on Monday May 01, 2023 @08:37AM (#35771961)

Well which is it? Does paying them corrupt them or does not paying them corrupt them?

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Re:Microsoft quietly supported legislation to make it easier... by rcxdude on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @12:45AM (#35783449)

They should be paid a fair salary by the government for doing the work. They should not be being paid by anyone else.

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