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| Gov. Deval Patrick cuts legislative pay |
| 2011-01-03 |
| By only .5% You have to look at the white space to see the decimal point. They gave themselves a 5.5% increase two years. I don't think they are going to miss 5 tenths of a percent. Gov. Deval Patrick today announced that he is trimming legislative salaries -- and his own pay -- by .5 percent under pressure from a growing budget deficit and continuing economic recession. The pay cut means legislators would see $307 Every two years, the sitting governor must decide whether lawmakers will receive a salary boost -- a measure adopted to take the decision away from legislators themselves. Two years ago, Patrick raised legislative salaries by 5.5 percent. |
| Posted by:Delphi |
| #6 If they voted for Democrats, painful abscess should follow. They still wouldn't get it. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-01-03 23:27 |
| #5 Most people up here that I know are hanging on by their teeth. Posted by tu3031 If they voted for Democrats, painful abscess should follow. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-01-03 20:21 |
| #4 His numbers say the average household income in Massachusetts has dropped .5% in the last two years. I don't know where he's getting is numbers, but he might wanna have the guy who came up with them piss in a cup. Most people up here that I know are hanging on by their teeth. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-01-03 19:38 |
| #3 Any change in their pension benefits? You know, as long as they're 'sharing' in our pain ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-01-03 15:36 |
| #2 That's "one half of one percent". All I know is I'd be doing cartwheels in the street if all I had to take was an $800 cut in recent years. And I sure as hell ain't making six figures. It's a gesture for the peons. We're all in this together, rubes. And...we care. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-01-03 15:30 |
| #1 Political theater. They look like they are doing something with no real effect. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-01-03 14:13 |