In the long ago olden days people were paid by "piecework". You got paid for what you produced. By the piece. Why aren't legislators paid for the bills they pass?

Because they would pass legislation of many incredibly ridiculous things and would triple their salaries.

Becuase we do not need new laws...gov is big enough.

Ah, piecework . .  .wait, isn't that something that the Bourgeoisie forces on the proletariat, the bane of liberal socialists everywhere?

Not sure how that would apply to legislation either. As I remember from my Industrial Engineering days in order for a "piecework" system to have a prayer of working one needs to first establish a reasonable rate of "production". Then there's quality control standards; don't want to be turning good raw materials into useless junk. Or in your example good ink/toner and paper into Charmin (which is already a huge problem with our various legislative branches).

And then there's the most important consideration of all, an actual need for those "items" being produced. With all the laws currently on the books we certainly don't need any more. As Thoreau once said "That government is best which governs least".

So you 're happy with the performance/output/production of lawmakers then? Seriously? Why? Thank you for your reply m2c.

Touche.  So we can't win either way then can we Ele? Dagnabbit! :( Thank you for your reply! :)

Good question.