Utah is among 10 states that have no working-class lawmakers in the state Capitol. The dearth of working-class legislators raises concerns that economic challenges such as wage stagnation and the rising cost of living will get short shrift. #utpol buff.ly/4ac2OS0
@UTNewsDispatch Breaking: There are no blue-collar workers in these white-collar jobs.
@UTNewsDispatch It’s a part time legislature. You can’t afford to
@UTNewsDispatch From the article: “The researchers define legislators as “working class” if they currently or last worked in manual labor, service industry, clerical or labor union jobs. They found that 1.6% of state lawmakers meet that definition” Bad parameters=bad research results
@UTNewsDispatch Sen. Don Ipson started his career as a trucker and eventually built a successful trucking business. Speaker Mike Schultz started working in construction at a young age and built a successful home-building business.
@UTNewsDispatch The working class seems to vote them into office
@UTNewsDispatch The dearth of Utah legislators working for their constituents is a problem!
@UTNewsDispatch The insiders favor the insiders and hold the rest of us in disdain.
@UTNewsDispatch I respectfully disagree. I know of two legislators from Utah County that would qualify as working class - one is a high school teacher (Doug Welton @DougWeltonUtah) and the other is a police office (Tyler Clancy @Clancy4Utah). I bet there are others.
@UTNewsDispatch Bad take. I know a lot of these women and men who work hard. At their jobs and serve the State of Utah as a legislator.