… because it is impossible, and please hear me when I say this, it's impossible to live off of a salary of a state rep. Many people don't know this, but State representatives inside the state of Texas get paid lower than almost any other state in the country. So our salary as a state representative is $7,000 a year, plus $200 a day that we're in session. So there's a year that we'll have just above seven grand that we make off of being a representative. (39:17–39:23)
CLAIM
Asserts that Texas state representatives have one of the lowest salaries in the country.
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