Morgan Thatcher wrote a blog post about how Texas needs more diversity in the Legislature. I think her post was very comprehensive and convincing. Our Legislature is composed of mainly white, rich, educated, older, males. This causes a problem because people of this sociodemographics cant relate to people of another. This is a real problem because Texas is a very diverse state, made up of more than just pale, stale, males.
Morgan Thatcher also poses a solution which I also agree with. She suggests that Texas increases that salary for the Legislature because the current salary is not livable for normal citizens. To diversify the Legislature we need more women, ethnically diverse people, and people who aren't rich. Statistically these groups of people don't get paid as much as the old, white, males elite enough t only get paid a $25,000 salary.
Overall Morgan Thatcher's commentary was well written and argued.
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