Do you have to have other sources of income to be a state legislator in most states?

That's because government was originally set up so they would leave people the hell alone and not work on holidays and on Sunday. They were only meant to go to meetings if there was a dire change to make. Something important. Not sitting around writing 2000 page bribes, payoffs and kickbacks, gerimandering, and stripping us of our rights. It really didn't require alot of pay, and shouldn't now. They get there money throught special deals, alot of it.That's why they work day and night.