The care and feeding of Ohio legislators

Ever wonder just how lavishly Ohio taxpayers treat the folks who go to Columbus and make laws? Read about it here - Legislative Benefits, Privileges, and Restrictions of Office.

In summary: They do very well, thank you (as you might expect), including salaries of at least $58,934; and up to $91,865 for the House speaker and Senate president. Add $6,500 to $10,000 for committee chairpersonmanship.

Then there is a list of bennies that go with all that - insurance, retirement, whatnot.

But maybe the best thing is the vacation. Get this: They just went on summer break and won't return for work until the week after the elections; a whooping five-month vacation. Nothing is too good for government employees.

That figures out to $8,419 per month of work at the bottom of the scale, not counting bennies.

Not too shabby. Try to match that in the real world, bunky.