The Goose and Gander Act

If elected I will propose the Goose and Gander Act. First I am not sure who is the Goose or who is the Gander, nor do I believe the Legislators in the Indiana House and Senate have the guts to pass this Act nor the guts to even let it get to the floor for a vote. They would hate to see this become law; it would sort of level the playing field between them and state employees. Why submit the Act? To show the people of the State of Indiana how bad things have become, how the legislators take care of themselves and don’t care anymore. How their special interests seem to be more important than the people.

So what is this act that will be so embarrassing to the lawmakers? Here is simple version of the bill:

Whatever is law for state employees must also be law for legislators in the areas of ethics and benefits. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. A prime example would be the pension fund, just compare the two. Then look at the requirement of ethics between the two. One has extensive requirements the other almost none. Can you figure out which one? I would write this bill to include any government agency at any level in the state. So a schools board could not have two levels of benefits for administers and then another for teachers.

My name is Joe Weingarten and I am running for the Indiana 29th District House seat and I approve this message.