Monday Open Thread [4.8.13]

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Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died. It is interesting that I feel the same way about her as I did about Ronald Reagan: I liked her personally even though I did not always agree with her policies (indeed I mostly disagreed with them). That is probably why both were successful leaders of their countries. God speed Baroness Thatcher. Back to American politics.... "Running for president is like sex. No one ever did it once and forgot about it." -- James Carville, quoted by Maureen Dowd.

QOTD — A Modest Proposal on Legislator Pay

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I saw this proposal on Facebook the other night and -- frankly -- this makes sense to me. If we are focused like a laser beam on compensating teachers for effectiveness (and for effectiveness over factors they can't always control), why not compensate legislators the same way? What do you think?