On Monday, May 16, 2022 at 5:27:15 PM UTC-4, David P. wrote:
> Not Enough Politicians Come From Business
> Letters, May 4, 2022, WSJ
>
> Why does the California legislature propose so many laws that make
> no economic sense? (“California’s French Workweek,” Review & Outlook,
> April 16). Maybe because a majority of our representatives have never
> run a business? Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, who is proposing the
> 32-hour workweek, was an activist before taking office. Out of 58
> Democrats in the California Assembly, at least a dozen have a similar
> background. I found only four Democrats who ran businesses before
> taking office. Attorneys, teachers and government administrators
> dominate the rest.
>
> Our local paper invited two columnists to present arguments for
> and against the workweek proposal. The one who argued against it,
> to my surprise, is the most liberal columnist. He spent a year
> running a small business.
>
> California will continue to drive businesses to other states until
> we replace the utopian idealists in the state legislature with people
> who understand economics and what drives jobs and higher tax revenues.
> --Oliver Watson, Orange, Calif.
>
> https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-four-day-workweek-11651613122

Ross Perot tried.
However, the White House, according to Perot, was a small house in a bad
neighborhood.